Calcutta, March 8 :     All 25,000 Anglo-Indians in the city will boycott Ismail Merchant's film, Cotton Mary, Anglo-Indian MLA G.R. D'Costa Hart told the Assembly on Wednesday. Part of the dialogue where a character says: 'Anglo-Indians have the worst of the British and the worst of the Indians in them' has riled the community. They feel there are many such scenes which show them in a bad light and depict them as 'petty thieves and trouble- makers.' Hart raised a strong demand at the West Bengal Assembly urging the state government immediately to censor Cotton Mary or ban it totally for 'denigrating' the Anglo-Indian community. The state government, however, maintained silence. Raising the issue in the Assembly, Hart requested deputy chief minister and minister for cultural affairs Buddhadev Bhattacharya to ensure that the film was not shown at Nandan, where only quality films are screened. Hart hoped that Bhattacharya would take her demand seriously. 'Ours is a small community. We will not be able to show our protest in any other manner,' she said. 'It is unfortunate that today, when the world is celebrating International Women's Day, chauvinists like Ismail Merchant are still making movies that degrade women - especially those belonging to the Anglo-Indian community,' said Hart. Not only Anglo-Indians, even Christians have not taken kindly to the scene where a young Christian girl, who happens to be the main character, flirts with a young man within a church. Madhur Jaffrey plays the role. They also alleged that a mockery has been made of the Lord's Prayer. Reverend Father Faustine Brank of the Roman Catholic Church condemned the alleged mockery of the Lord's Prayer. 'I have not seen the film myself. But I have heard about the film. As a priest, I would strongly object if there is really a mockery of the Lord's Prayer,' he said. Anglo-Indians felt that usually, films like Cotton Mary, where one of the main characters belonged to their community, were very popular among them. Most Anglo-Indians do not miss a chance to see such a film. 'Films like Out House and Aparna Sen's 36 Chowringhee Lane were also woven around the characters of Anglo-Indians. Aparna Sen's film had portrayed the life of an Anglo-Indian teacher who is revered and loved by her students for her love and affection for them. Cotton Mary is totally out of touch with the Anglo-Indians and Christians of today's India,' Hart regretted.