Deception, Lies Behind Making of India’s Daughter

[Lonely Hermit]

Deception, Lies Behind Making of India’s Daughter -The New Indian Express
Deception, Lies Behind Making of India’s Daughter
By Yatish Yadav

Published: 09th March 2015 06:00 AM

Last Updated: 09th March 2015 07:26 AM

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  In this photo, British filmmaker Leslee Udwin. (File)

NEW DELHI: A rapist in a brown and white check shirt staring impassively into the camera, speaking sotto voce that Nirbhaya, the victim of the December 16, 2012, gangrape, had asked for it. A 57-year-old British film producer and actress Leslee Udwin, who picturised him inside the infamous Tihar Jail here, is lamenting the fact that the Indian government has banned her documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ and muzzled the freedom of expression. A missing film producer named Anjali Bhushan. A newborn film company named Tathagath under whose banner Leslee produced the documentary and has left no traces of its existence. The finacier of ‘India’s Daughter’, Tribeca Film Institute which is funded by Ford Foundation, a body under the scanner of Indian agencies for funding PRS India.

A carefully constructed web of film companies whose presence fade in and out as if through the lens of a camera. Behind the outrage on the social media and the anger of columnists and editorial writers over the ban on the documentary lies a story of deception, circumvention of rules and a host of missing links which suggest that Udwin’s story is not just what it seems to be--a gift to India.

The storm broke after February 27, when the BBC magazine carried an item about the worldwide release of the film, announcing the contents, including an exclusive interview with one of the rapists, Mukesh Singh. A crew numbering four to five people shot interviews of the gangrape convicts inside Tihar Jail in October 2013 after being granted unhindered access for six to seven days by jail authorities. Mysteriously, the arrangements were fixed by an unknown Gurgaon-based photographer, who “happened to know” some jail officials from previous assignments.

The Lady Vanishes

“Dig deep and you will find a scoop behind the making of ‘India’s Daughter’,” claims an intelligence officer involved in the probe into the making of the documentary. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had on March 4 assured Parliament that the government will inquire into the matter. He also clarified that Tihar jail authorities gave permissions for the shoot to Udwin and Bhushan. While Udwin, owner of Assassin Films, last week appeared on all major TV channels crying foul over the ban and hogging the international limelight, Bhushan through whom Udwin got permission to shoot inside Tihar is missing from the film’s credits.

The government rules state that a foreign filmmaker is not allowed entry inside an Indian prison. A Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official, probing any violation of contract in the filming of the documentary claims Udwin partnered an Indian co-producer to circumvent the rule and gain access to the jail premises.

The Home Minister had stated in Parliament that the No Objection Certificate (NoC) was given to Udwin and Bhushan, but the latter’s name is missing from the documentary shown on BBC, prompting the MHA officials to call for all the records pertaining to the documentary shoot from Tihar Jail authorities.

Now comes another twist in the tale. It is learnt that a UK-based financial organisation ‘Worldview’ funded ‘India’s Daughter’ and listed Bhushan as the original co-producer of the documentary. However, after it was released, her name is missing from not only the credits, but also from the web page of the Italian distributor Berta Film and Denmark-based DR Sale, which hold the rights to distribute the documentary.

A Web of Deception

Although, Bhushan could not be reached despite numerous attempts, the officials probing the case pointed out that Udwin has used her name and expertise to make the documentary, which had received huge foreign funding, including money from Tribeca Film Institute.

Investigators are also surprised at‘Tathagat Films’ popping up as the co-producer in the credits of the documentary. They said it appears to be a fraudulent entity created at Udwin’s behest. “Tathagat films is not mentioned in the official papers submitted by the original makers of the documentary which means a mirage was created to hide something on the UK joint venture. ‘Apricot Sky Entertainment’ owned by Bhushan, which was originally mentioned in the papers is now missing from the official credit list. All these complications raise suspicion over the working of the British film maker,” the official said.

Apricot Sky Entertainment, mentioned as the original partner by ‘Worldview’ is registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with Bhushan as one of the directors. However, further investigation into ‘Tathagat films’ added, further, mystery to the plot. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has no records of Tathagat Films, but there are at least three production houses that operate under the same name in Mumbai and Delhi. Arvind Marchande, owner of Mumbai-based ‘Tathagat Films’ refused any association with Udwin or Assassin Films saying he never worked on the documentary. He also told Express that he has never met Udwin. The phone numbers of the two Delhi-based ‘Tathagat Films’ were found to be incorrect.

Sleight of Hand

A MHA official said investigators are also looking into the affairs of an entertainment company, which holds musical events and is perhaps run by a person known to Udwin and others associated with the film. Dibang, a senior journalist is credited as the co-producer in the film. A questionnaire sent to him seeking his response on controversy and ongoing probe remains unanswered.

For a producer, who claimed on TV that she herself was raped once and that she wanted the documentary to be a tribute to Indian women, officials said that strangely she was not even present during the week-long shoot inside Tihar.


“A crew of four to five people interviewed convicts inside their cells. Meanwhile, one of the cameramen quit after a couple of days of shooting and a new person was drafted into the crew. Why a new cameraman came into the scene as shown in the records is yet to be ascertained,” said an official. He also said that the interviewed convict, Mukesh was not comfortable talking to the TV crew, though, he had given a consent letter to the film makers, including Bhushan. When they started, they noticed that nothing much would be forthcoming from Mukesh since he was only replying in monosyllables - ‘yes’ and ‘no’. They crew decided to resort to the ‘sting strategy’.

It is learnt that a cameraperson was asked to roll the camera but pretended that it was switched off. The rapist was inveigled into an informal chat. Unaware that he was being shot, his ugly, unrepentant mindset came to the fore and Udwin could get the sensational quotes, which were used in the film. “He was not speaking, so it was decided to do a sting and use the entire set up to look like a proper interview. It was a long informal interview in which he had mentioned so many things. The crew also interviewed a few other convicts, but till that time Tihar authorities did not know the contents of Mukesh’s bytes. They saw it last year and raised objections,” said an official privy to the developments in the ongoing probe. The official also pointed out that the clothes Mukesh wore during the interview indicated that rules were violated. “If he had been convicted, he would have been wearing prison clothes,” points out a Tihar Jail official.

The MHA had given its NOC to the documentary makers on July 24, 2013. But the consent letter signed by Mukesh is dated October 7, 2013. The shoot duration is still under probe to ascertain whether the four rape accused, who were convicted by the court on September 10, 2013, were facing trial or had been sentenced.

“In both situations, Tihar authorities were responsible for violation of rules,” the official said.

Mystery Deepens

There is also element of secrecy as the film maker’s application is generic in nature. It just seeks interviews of convicts for study and research purposes, while the consent letter (written in English for a convict who doesn’t understand any language other than Hindi) mentions that the consent was for “a documentary cantered on the December 16 Delhi gangrape case”.

Udwin has left India fearing arrest after Delhi Police registered an FIR. She has claimed that she spent two years working on the documentary. The ongoing inquiry contradicts her claim.

“We are examining her travel details to check whether she had obtained a Film maker’s visa or came to India on a tourist visa. Our initial findings suggest that shooting in India was a limited affair and she did not spend two years in India as she had claimed to international TV channels. The entry, stay and exit of foreigners into and from India are governed by the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, and the Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1992. Documentary filmmakers are issued journalist visas valid for up to six months.

The undertaking to the MEA clearly states that the film maker will have to show the film to a representative of the government, If so required, at least two weeks before final telecast and will work constructively with the government representatives to remove deviations, If any, from the approved scripts of the film. Investigators have asked the MEA and the Bureau of Immigration under the MHA to share the details filed by Udwin while applying for her visa.

Tricking the System

“In most of the cases, foreign filmmakers circumvent the rules by getting a co-producer on the board. They generally come on tourist visas and subsequently hire a production house to do the job. We have asked our London Mission to probe whether Udwin had submitted a synopsis of the documentary while applying for the visa,” a source said adding that so far they have not received any response.

Udwin in her earlier television interviews had denied violating any rules. She had even told some channels that she possessed all the required clearances and perhaps the Home Minister was misinformed.

After the ban of film, Udwin appeared on several International TV channels saying the film was her ‘gift to India’ and she only tried to expose the mindset of rapists and wanted to highlight the country’s zeal to fight crimes against women.

But, an official involved in the probe who is aware of the funding pattern of ‘India’s Daughter’ and knows the filmmaker said Udwin had successfully sold the film to distributors branding “Delhi as rape capital of the world” and “India as society where brutality against women is widespread” as has appeared on their websites.

He also said besides grants received before filming the project, Udwin also successfully marketed the film with the help of distributors. Besides BBC, the film is also slated for release on Passionate Eye, a Canadian documentary TV series, which airs on CBC News Network of Canada.

“Udwin was obliged to come to India for the documentary’s publicity campaign because the agreement with Tribeca. Another one is due in New York,” an MHA official said.

Who is Leslee Udwin?

■ Little known in India before the India’s Daughter controversy, 58-year-old Leslee Udwin produced two feature films East is East and its sequel West is West. According to her LinkedIn profile, Leslee was awarded the London Critics Producer of the Year Award and also won “BAFTA” (British Academy Award) for best British film. She specialises in producing feature films and lecturing on film and film production. According to UK Companies Directory, Leslee floated Assassin Films Limited in 1992.

■ The Home Ministry had alleged that Leslee did not clearly indicate the reason behind the Tihar interview and kept the authorities in the dark. However, Leslee refuted the charges claiming she followed the rules.

■ Currently, Leslee holds three appointments at three active companies—West is West Distribution Ltd, Assassin Films (the One & Only ) Limited and Assassin Films. Earlier she held directorship in five companies that are no longer active.

HOW FOREIGN FILMMAKERS CIRCUMVENT LAW

Months before Home Ministry ordered a probe against Leslee Udwin for violating rules, a look-out circular was issued against two French filmmakers for shooting Jarwa tribe for a documentary film in October 2014 without permission. Andman Police had filed FIR against French director Alexandre Dereims and producer Claire Beilvert after they came know through a feature on Facebook, promoting a documentary “Organic Jarawa”.

 

[gslv]

West is West Distribution Ltd, Assassin Films (the One & Only ) Limited and Assassin Films

And these names explains everything that she does. Being an agent of West she does assassination of India' reputation.

 

[IndoCarib]

This is for those 'progressive retards' protesting govt's decision on banning the film. You have been owned !

BBC Banned Investigative Programme that Threw Light on Sexual Assault by Its Own Employee

NEW YORK: BBC canceled the investigative report exposing its popular presenter Jimmy Savile's predatory sexual attacks on scores of children that was scheduled to have been broadcast in December 2011 in the Newsnight programme.

Just last week a report by a panel investigating Savile's sexual crimes at one of the hospitals where he volunteered reported that he had attacked 60 people there, about half of them under 16 years, some as young as eight.

A report by the Metropolitan Police and the Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said in 2013 that 214 criminal offences have been formally recorded in which Savile is a suspect and these took place from 1955 to 2009. Many of the abuses took place in 14 medical establishments.

British Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the BBC ignoring sexual abuses by its own employees.

The Guardian reported in 2012 that Labour MP Harriet Harman had asked what it was about the BBC and the hospitals where the abuses took place that had prevented people coming forward when Savile was alive.

And after the newspaper exposed allegations against BBC employees in 2013, Conservative politician Rob Wilson said, "For years the BBC's management allowed a culture to develop of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse and allowing powerful bullies to prosper.”

“The internal culture of the BBC was rotten and it remains to be seen whether it still is,” he added according to the newspaper. Wilson, an MP at that time, is now the Minister for Civil Society.

Later in 2013, Wilson accused the BBC Trust's chairman, Lord Patten, of displaying “chilling behaviour” when he tried to prevent Wilson from publishing the contents of an audio recording that brought into question a key aspect of an inquiry into the cancellation of the Newsnight programme, according to The Telegraph. The recording was of the inquiry head, Nick Pollard, which “reportedly undermines his own findings,” the newspaper said.

“Lord Patten’s threat to a democratically-elected Member of Parliament is almost reminiscent of something from the Soviet-era,” the Telegraph quoted Wilson. “It is chilling behaviour from the so-called public 'guardian' of this country’s dominant state broadcaster.”

BBC is funded by a government-imposed levy on all British households that watch broadcasts on television, regardless of whether they view BBC programmes or not.

In 2012 when his inquiry report was released, Pollard, a former Sky News head, said "The efforts to get to the truth behind the Savile story proved beyond the combined efforts of the senior management, legal department, corporate communications team and anyone else for well over a month."

The Guardian had obtained the information about the sex abuse of children and teens by BBC employees through a Freedom of Information request. It said that in the six months since October 2012, 20 BBC employees had faced 36 allegations of sex abuse of “an unknown number of victims under the age of 18.”

Citing the FoI request report, the Guardian said, “The complaints were among a total of 152 recent and historic allegations of sexual abuse against 81 BBC employees and freelancers, including 48 about Savile. Each of the complaints, involving adults and children, have been made to the BBC since October.”

The Guardian said that half the number of the accused were current members of BBC staff or contributors, as of May 30, 2013.

Reports of sex abuse by several BBC employees began to come out in the open after the accusations against the network star Savile became public even though BBC blacked out the Newsnight report. In 2012, ITV ran a report of its own investigations into Savile's decades-long history of sexual attacks.

When the report of the review into Savile's attacks at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, about 65 kilometres from London, was released last week, Dr Androulla Johnstone, who led the inquiry, said, “The Investigation found that none of the informal complaints were either taken seriously or escalated to senior management.”

“Savile’s victims ranged in age from eight (to) 40 and almost half were under 16, with ten being under the age of 12,” Johnstone said in a press statement. “Around one-third of his attacks were against patients. Just over ninety per cent of the victims were female.” Her statement added, “The sexual abuse ranged from inappropriate touching to rape.”

Calling Savile an “opportunistic predator,” her statement said, “Between 1972 and 1985, nine informal verbal reports were made about the abuse by his victims and in addition one formal complaint was made. ”

Another broader review of Savile's conduct and into “whether the culture and practices within the BBC during the years of Jimmy Savile’s employment enabled inappropriate sexual conduct to continue unchecked” is dragging on. It is headed by a Janet Smith, a former Court of Appeal judge .

On its web site the review, set up in 2012, said it had been in contact approximately 740 people till last September and more people were contacting it as of December. It expected to have a report ready early this year.

Pollard's inquiry report on the cancellation of the Newsnight expose of Savile said that BBC's top leadership was not involved in the decision.

The Telegraph reported, “However, it did not include testimony from Helen Boaden, the BBC's former Head of News. She alleged that Mark Thompson, the corporation's former director general, was aware of the content of the Newsnight investigation.”

“Despite her testimony Pollard's inquiry found that there was 'no evidence to doubt' Mr Thompson's version of events,” the newspaper said.

In Wilson's recording that BBC tried to suppress, the Telegraph said, “Pollard reportedly privately admits that he was wrong to overlook Miss Boaden's evidence” that Thompson knew about what the Newsnight investigation found.

Thompson is now the Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times.

BBC Banned Investigative Programme that Threw Light on Sexual Assault by Its Own Employee -The New Indian Express

 

[Guynextdoor2]

This is for those 'progressive retards' protesting govt's decision on banning the film. You have been owned !

BBC Banned Investigative Programme that Threw Light on Sexual Assault by Its Own Employee

NEW YORK: BBC canceled the investigative report exposing its popular presenter Jimmy Savile's predatory sexual attacks on scores of children that was scheduled to have been broadcast in December 2011 in the Newsnight programme.

Just last week a report by a panel investigating Savile's sexual crimes at one of the hospitals where he volunteered reported that he had attacked 60 people there, about half of them under 16 years, some as young as eight.

A report by the Metropolitan Police and the Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said in 2013 that 214 criminal offences have been formally recorded in which Savile is a suspect and these took place from 1955 to 2009. Many of the abuses took place in 14 medical establishments.

British Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the BBC ignoring sexual abuses by its own employees.

The Guardian reported in 2012 that Labour MP Harriet Harman had asked what it was about the BBC and the hospitals where the abuses took place that had prevented people coming forward when Savile was alive.

And after the newspaper exposed allegations against BBC employees in 2013, Conservative politician Rob Wilson said, "For years the BBC's management allowed a culture to develop of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse and allowing powerful bullies to prosper.”

“The internal culture of the BBC was rotten and it remains to be seen whether it still is,” he added according to the newspaper. Wilson, an MP at that time, is now the Minister for Civil Society.

Later in 2013, Wilson accused the BBC Trust's chairman, Lord Patten, of displaying “chilling behaviour” when he tried to prevent Wilson from publishing the contents of an audio recording that brought into question a key aspect of an inquiry into the cancellation of the Newsnight programme, according to The Telegraph. The recording was of the inquiry head, Nick Pollard, which “reportedly undermines his own findings,” the newspaper said.

“Lord Patten’s threat to a democratically-elected Member of Parliament is almost reminiscent of something from the Soviet-era,” the Telegraph quoted Wilson. “It is chilling behaviour from the so-called public 'guardian' of this country’s dominant state broadcaster.”

BBC is funded by a government-imposed levy on all British households that watch broadcasts on television, regardless of whether they view BBC programmes or not.

In 2012 when his inquiry report was released, Pollard, a former Sky News head, said "The efforts to get to the truth behind the Savile story proved beyond the combined efforts of the senior management, legal department, corporate communications team and anyone else for well over a month."

The Guardian had obtained the information about the sex abuse of children and teens by BBC employees through a Freedom of Information request. It said that in the six months since October 2012, 20 BBC employees had faced 36 allegations of sex abuse of “an unknown number of victims under the age of 18.”

Citing the FoI request report, the Guardian said, “The complaints were among a total of 152 recent and historic allegations of sexual abuse against 81 BBC employees and freelancers, including 48 about Savile. Each of the complaints, involving adults and children, have been made to the BBC since October.”

The Guardian said that half the number of the accused were current members of BBC staff or contributors, as of May 30, 2013.

Reports of sex abuse by several BBC employees began to come out in the open after the accusations against the network star Savile became public even though BBC blacked out the Newsnight report. In 2012, ITV ran a report of its own investigations into Savile's decades-long history of sexual attacks.

When the report of the review into Savile's attacks at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, about 65 kilometres from London, was released last week, Dr Androulla Johnstone, who led the inquiry, said, “The Investigation found that none of the informal complaints were either taken seriously or escalated to senior management.”

“Savile’s victims ranged in age from eight (to) 40 and almost half were under 16, with ten being under the age of 12,” Johnstone said in a press statement. “Around one-third of his attacks were against patients. Just over ninety per cent of the victims were female.” Her statement added, “The sexual abuse ranged from inappropriate touching to rape.”

Calling Savile an “opportunistic predator,” her statement said, “Between 1972 and 1985, nine informal verbal reports were made about the abuse by his victims and in addition one formal complaint was made. ”

Another broader review of Savile's conduct and into “whether the culture and practices within the BBC during the years of Jimmy Savile’s employment enabled inappropriate sexual conduct to continue unchecked” is dragging on. It is headed by a Janet Smith, a former Court of Appeal judge .

On its web site the review, set up in 2012, said it had been in contact approximately 740 people till last September and more people were contacting it as of December. It expected to have a report ready early this year.

Pollard's inquiry report on the cancellation of the Newsnight expose of Savile said that BBC's top leadership was not involved in the decision.

The Telegraph reported, “However, it did not include testimony from Helen Boaden, the BBC's former Head of News. She alleged that Mark Thompson, the corporation's former director general, was aware of the content of the Newsnight investigation.”

“Despite her testimony Pollard's inquiry found that there was 'no evidence to doubt' Mr Thompson's version of events,” the newspaper said.

In Wilson's recording that BBC tried to suppress, the Telegraph said, “Pollard reportedly privately admits that he was wrong to overlook Miss Boaden's evidence” that Thompson knew about what the Newsnight investigation found.

Thompson is now the Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times.

I never claim these @$$holes are saints. But we have to make ourselves better. This cannot be a problem of competitive positioning.

 

[IndoCarib]

I never claim these @$$holes are saints. But we have to make ourselves better. This cannot be a problem of competitive positioning.

shows their holier than thou colonial mentality.
I want to ask a question to the liberals,

"WILL UK GOVT EVEN ALLOW INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS TO INTERVIEW THEIR RAPISTS, IN THEIR JAILS, LEAVE ALONE BROADCASTING THE FILM IN UK" !???

 

[Faiez]

This is for those 'progressive retards' protesting govt's decision on banning the film. You have been owned !

BBC Banned Investigative Programme that Threw Light on Sexual Assault by Its Own Employee

NEW YORK: BBC canceled the investigative report exposing its popular presenter Jimmy Savile's predatory sexual attacks on scores of children that was scheduled to have been broadcast in December 2011 in the Newsnight programme.

Just last week a report by a panel investigating Savile's sexual crimes at one of the hospitals where he volunteered reported that he had attacked 60 people there, about half of them under 16 years, some as young as eight.

A report by the Metropolitan Police and the Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said in 2013 that 214 criminal offences have been formally recorded in which Savile is a suspect and these took place from 1955 to 2009. Many of the abuses took place in 14 medical establishments.

British Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the BBC ignoring sexual abuses by its own employees.

The Guardian reported in 2012 that Labour MP Harriet Harman had asked what it was about the BBC and the hospitals where the abuses took place that had prevented people coming forward when Savile was alive.

And after the newspaper exposed allegations against BBC employees in 2013, Conservative politician Rob Wilson said, "For years the BBC's management allowed a culture to develop of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse and allowing powerful bullies to prosper.”

“The internal culture of the BBC was rotten and it remains to be seen whether it still is,” he added according to the newspaper. Wilson, an MP at that time, is now the Minister for Civil Society.

Later in 2013, Wilson accused the BBC Trust's chairman, Lord Patten, of displaying “chilling behaviour” when he tried to prevent Wilson from publishing the contents of an audio recording that brought into question a key aspect of an inquiry into the cancellation of the Newsnight programme, according to The Telegraph. The recording was of the inquiry head, Nick Pollard, which “reportedly undermines his own findings,” the newspaper said.

“Lord Patten’s threat to a democratically-elected Member of Parliament is almost reminiscent of something from the Soviet-era,” the Telegraph quoted Wilson. “It is chilling behaviour from the so-called public 'guardian' of this country’s dominant state broadcaster.”

BBC is funded by a government-imposed levy on all British households that watch broadcasts on television, regardless of whether they view BBC programmes or not.

In 2012 when his inquiry report was released, Pollard, a former Sky News head, said "The efforts to get to the truth behind the Savile story proved beyond the combined efforts of the senior management, legal department, corporate communications team and anyone else for well over a month."

The Guardian had obtained the information about the sex abuse of children and teens by BBC employees through a Freedom of Information request. It said that in the six months since October 2012, 20 BBC employees had faced 36 allegations of sex abuse of “an unknown number of victims under the age of 18.”

Citing the FoI request report, the Guardian said, “The complaints were among a total of 152 recent and historic allegations of sexual abuse against 81 BBC employees and freelancers, including 48 about Savile. Each of the complaints, involving adults and children, have been made to the BBC since October.”

The Guardian said that half the number of the accused were current members of BBC staff or contributors, as of May 30, 2013.

Reports of sex abuse by several BBC employees began to come out in the open after the accusations against the network star Savile became public even though BBC blacked out the Newsnight report. In 2012, ITV ran a report of its own investigations into Savile's decades-long history of sexual attacks.

When the report of the review into Savile's attacks at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, about 65 kilometres from London, was released last week, Dr Androulla Johnstone, who led the inquiry, said, “The Investigation found that none of the informal complaints were either taken seriously or escalated to senior management.”

“Savile’s victims ranged in age from eight (to) 40 and almost half were under 16, with ten being under the age of 12,” Johnstone said in a press statement. “Around one-third of his attacks were against patients. Just over ninety per cent of the victims were female.” Her statement added, “The sexual abuse ranged from inappropriate touching to rape.”

Calling Savile an “opportunistic predator,” her statement said, “Between 1972 and 1985, nine informal verbal reports were made about the abuse by his victims and in addition one formal complaint was made. ”

Another broader review of Savile's conduct and into “whether the culture and practices within the BBC during the years of Jimmy Savile’s employment enabled inappropriate sexual conduct to continue unchecked” is dragging on. It is headed by a Janet Smith, a former Court of Appeal judge .

On its web site the review, set up in 2012, said it had been in contact approximately 740 people till last September and more people were contacting it as of December. It expected to have a report ready early this year.

Pollard's inquiry report on the cancellation of the Newsnight expose of Savile said that BBC's top leadership was not involved in the decision.

The Telegraph reported, “However, it did not include testimony from Helen Boaden, the BBC's former Head of News. She alleged that Mark Thompson, the corporation's former director general, was aware of the content of the Newsnight investigation.”

“Despite her testimony Pollard's inquiry found that there was 'no evidence to doubt' Mr Thompson's version of events,” the newspaper said.

In Wilson's recording that BBC tried to suppress, the Telegraph said, “Pollard reportedly privately admits that he was wrong to overlook Miss Boaden's evidence” that Thompson knew about what the Newsnight investigation found.

Thompson is now the Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times.

Okay...that's good enough for me. If they're doing it, so should we. Two wrongs make a perfect right, ask any mathematician and there is no rape problem in India. It's just western agenda to demonize India so that they will gain....um.....well so that uhhhm.......Okay don't confuse me with your western trickery, it's right there in Rigveda, so we have to listen to it, we are Hindus. And women should be locked in airtight safes for their safety. This is our culture.

 

[Diggy]

i will keep posting this stuff for BBC documentary thing so that people could see through the Hypocrisy.

Country--------Year---------No of rapes----------Rape Rate---------Population

UK-------------- 2010--------- 15934----------------- 28.8------------- 6crore
India----------- 2010----------- 22172 ----------------- 1.8------------- 1.2 billion

5% of indian population but number of rapes being 72% , this being a developed country and a so called civilized society.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

shows their holier than thou colonial mentality.
' WILL UK GOVT ALLOW INDIAN NEWS CHANNEL TO INERVIEW THEIR RAPISTS IN THERI JAILS, LEAVE ALONE BROADCASTING THE FILM IN UK !???

LET THEM NOT MAN. You should be more concerned with fixing the problem than be concerned with the image it creates. We all know that their own countries are in deep $hit in this account. Let them stew. We gotta keep our focus.

 

[Star Wars]

**** the brits and the Germans when i ave time i am going to make a big post on BBC

 

[SrNair]

LET THEM NOT MAN. You should be more concerned with fixing the problem than be concerned with the image it creates. We all know that their own countries are in deep $hit in this account. Let them stew. We gotta keep our focus.

This is the first concept we should correct . Who are they to decide our image ?You know the propoganda stories of China,Iran,Russia etc in Western.medias.But none of these nation try to change that and they dont even care about it.
For correcting our issues we should shut the doors of Western medias in here and should give maximum support to our systems and medias .
When East India Company set their foot in India we had traitors in here that helped them for their own purpose.We still have that same elemrnt of traitors in here .Thistime it is through a virtual world.

@levina @nair @kurup @ acetophenol @MilSpec @SpArK and others

 

[third eye]

Why is there so much indignation on the airing of this documentary ?

 

[bloo]

 

[Levina]

Why is there so much indignation on the airing of this documentary ?

I suppose you've not watched the video.

This is the first concept we should correct . Who are they to decide our image ?You know the propoganda stories of China,Iran,Russia etc in Western.medias.But none of these nation try to change that and they dont even care about it.
For correcting our issues we should shut the doors of Western medias in here and should give maximum support to our systems and medias .
When East India Company set their foot in India we had traitors in here that helped them for their own purpose.We still have that same elemrnt of traitors in here .Thistime it is through a virtual world.

@levina @nair @kurup @ acetophenol @MilSpec @SpArK and others

We do have an issue of rape in our country, no denying that. But when it comes from BBC and other western media then I feel like showing them this.
Time for some introspection I suppose.

 

[third eye]

I suppose you've not watched the video.

Honestly..No

Maybe I should seek it somewhere to watch it.

But can u share the gist of the anger ppl seem to have over it ?

 

[Srinivas]

These propaganda video must be countered by our videos.

Our media people who are acting like fools should behave and think what they are doing in the name of freedom of speech.

Rape incidents exists in every country and they are not stereotyping themselves, But India media is heading in that direction. They should follow some restraint and realize what is at the stake here.

Western Govts. like to show people of the other nationalities in bad light to keep their domination in this world of Globalization. Corporate media which is running after TRPs are doing no good and some talk shows are a complete nonsense.

Western Govts think they can do any thing in the propaganda war, they are mistaken. For India this is like a cyclone in a tea cup!