Goa Assembly to discuss Rohan Sippy's 'Dum Maro Dum'

The NCP legislator said the already dented image of the Goan tourism industry would be further damaged by the movie. Pacheco told PTI that the release of the film will also seriously impact tourism here.

"We are looking at family tourism in the state. We don't want the sex and drug tourism spot tag (for Goa), which will kill the industry here," he said. The calling attention motion will be taken up by Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Pratapsingh Rane during the ongoing session.

The leader, who was the brain behind famous 'Go Goa 365 Days Holiday Destination' campaign, said that people believe whatever is shown in movies. "I was instrumental in getting off bikini clad women from the government advertisements promoting tourism. Looking at the promos of the movie, it is clear that it portrays a bad image about the state," he said.

Pacheco said he will also move the High court seeking a ban on the release of the movie. "If the movie is fiction, they should have avoided naming Goa in it. An entire state cannot be defamed by a filmmaker's imagination," he said.

Efforts to contact Sippy's publicist fetched no response. The state police had earlier asked the producer to screen the movie for them before releasing it in theatres. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had also said that he will ask the police to look into the matter.

The movie stars Abhishekh Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in lead roles and is due to release in mid-April.