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British author Salman Rushdie said he was “sick and tired” of being called controversial as he flew in to India for the screening of a new film based on his iconic novel “Midnight’s Children”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mumbai-born novelist, whose 1988 book “The Satanic Verses” remains banned in India for allegedly insulting Islam<\/strong>, said it was groups which enforce bans on books and artistes that should be branded as controversial instead.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know why the media calls me a controversial author. It is the extremist groups who enforce bans on books and artistes who should be called controversial,” Rushdie told the NDTV news channel.<\/p>\n

“I hope better sense prevails,” added the Booker prize-winning writer, who was flanked by the film’s director Deepa Mehta on the TV show.<\/p>\n

The movie, set in post-independence India, would be shown on January 31 to a select audience including the director and author’s friends in Mumbai, local media reports said.<\/p>\n

“A day after the special screening, the author will host an intimate dinner for select members of the film’s cast and crew,” The Times of India newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

Rushdie, whose visit was shrouded in secrecy for security reasons, spent a decade in hiding after Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last year, Rushdie was forced to withdraw from a literary festival in the northwestern city of Jaipur in January after death threats and angry protests from Islamists.<\/p>\n

But he visited the country two months later and launched a stout defense of freedom of expression.
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