While directing the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to lodge their personal affidavits in two PIL pleas challenging objecting to the dialogues and scenes of the movie Adipurush, the Allahabad High Court today said that certifying this movie was a blunder and that it has hurt the sentiments of the people at large.
The bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Shree Prakash Singh, while questioning the mindset of the makers of the film, further noted that sacred books such as the Quran, and Bible should not be touched and invaded upon in such a way.
The Court also noted that people’s feelings must have been hurt by the way the film portrays the religious characters of Ramayana. The Court added that recently it has come across many films in which the Hindu god and goddess have been shown comically.
The Court, however, clarified that the question was not about a particular religion, but that a particular religion should not be portrayed in a bad light. While pointing out that the Court has no religion of its own, the Court stated that its only concern is that the status of law and order be maintained.
Significantly, the Court also clarified that it has not conveyed any substantive order in the matter as yet and that the vocal inspections of the Court were concerned with the issue at hand.
After a one-hour hearing yesterday, the Court heard the case again and wondered what was happening in the minds of Adipurush’s filmmakers when they were making this film. The Court pointed out that no one thinks of the characters of the Ramayana as such, in the way they were described by the filmmakers.
These significant observations were made by the Court while dealing with 2 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas filed against the exhibition and dialogues of the Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan and Kriti Sanon starrer movie. The Court will continue to hear the pleas in the coming days.
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