Delhi court to hear plea against upcoming movie Adipurush as plaintiff claimed its promo hurts sentiments of Hindus
The Hindu
The plea demands that stay on the movie should be ordered if it is released in its present form
Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court is set to hear a plea demanding stay on the release of upcoming movie of actor Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan, Adipurush as the plaintiff claimed that the film’s promo has hurt the sentiments of Hindus. “The movie has depicted lord Ram, Hanuman and even Ravana, inappropriately,” said the petitioner demanding the court to order removal of alleged objectionable content from the film before it hits the theatres.
The petition filed by a Delhi based lawyer, Raj Gaurav, stated that the producers of the movie (also the defendants in the case) have hurt the religious sentiments of the plaintiff and other Hindus by depicting lord Ram and Hanuman in a very unwarranted and inaccurate way in the promo of the movie.
“The promo of the film shows lord Ram as an angry man on a killing spree. Whereas lord Hanuman and Ram both were shown wearing leather accessories,” said Mr. Gaurav who added that as per Hindu faith, lord Ram is calm and composed.
“While in Hindu holy books, lord Ram, Lakshman always wore a crown but in the movie, actor is shown with crown. In the promo, lord Ram is shown with moustaches while he has never been portrayed with moustaches. In fact, it was Ravana who had big moustaches,” the plaintiff said in the plea which will be heard by Justice Abhishek Kumar on Monday.
The plea further added that Hanuman chalisa describes lord Hanuman with golden skin whereas the defedent has shown lord Hanuman in a different coulor and wearing leather attire.
“Insted of the sacred thread [ janeu], lord Hanuman is depicted wearing leather band,” added the plea.
The plea further adds that not just lord Ram and Hanuman, even Ravana is depicted as ‘awfully cheap’ in the promo of the film as he is being shown with boy-cut hair with blade marks over ears.
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