The Allahabad High Court today fired on the makers of the film ‘Adipurush’ over the film’s controversial dialogues that have enraged a big number of the audiences, who criticized it for ‘hurting religious sentiments’. The Court ordered co-writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla to be a part of the case and issued a notice demanding that he must respond within a week.
The court was hearing a petition demanding a ban on ‘Adipurush’, which claims to be a mythological action film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. “The nature of dialogues in the film is a big issue. The Ramayana is a paragon for us. People read Ramcharitmanas before leaving home,” it said, adding that films shouldn’t touch certain things.
“Agar hum log ispar bhi aankh band kar len kyonki yeh kaha jaata hai ki yeh dharm ke log bade sahishnu (tolerant) hain to kya uska test liya jayega? (If we close our eyes on this issue too because it is said that the people of this religion are very tolerant, will it be put to test as well?),” the bench stated.
The High Court of Allahabad wondered if the Film Certification Authority, commonly known as the Censorship Board, was taking up its responsibility or not.
“It is good that it is about a religion, the believers of which did not create any public order problem. We should be thankful. We saw in the news that some people had gone to cinema halls, and they only forced them to close the hall…”
On the filmmaker’s argument that a disclaimer has been added that the film is INSPIRED by Ramayana, the court said: “Do the people who put the disclaimer consider the countrymen, and youth, to be brainless? You show Lord Rama, Lord Laxman, Lord Hanuman, Ravana, Lanka, and then say it is not the Ramayana?” The hearing in the case will continue tomorrow.
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