Hindu activists have stymied an effort to put up a statue of Charlie Chaplin for use in a movie, claiming a monument to a non-Hindu close to their temple was offensive, the filmmaker said Sunday.
Hemant Hegde, a filmmaker who was building the 67-foot (20-meter) statue of the legendary Hollywood comic to use as a backdrop to a dance routine in his new film, told the CNN-IBN news channel he was forced to halt work by a band of Hindu activists.
"I'm really surprised that people would associate Charlie Chaplain with being a Christian and not allowing the statue," he said.
Chaplin, who was baptized into the Church of England, was a …
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