Slamming the makers of the movie Adipurush for portraying religious characters including Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman in an objectionable manner, the Allahabad High Court today observed as to why the tolerance level of a particular religion (referring to Hindus) was being put to the test by them.
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.
Noting that religious scriptures, towards which people are sensitive, should not be touched or encroached upon, the bench stressed that the petitions before it were not at all Propaganda Petitions and that they were concerned with a genuine issue.
During the course of the hearing, the bench further noted as to how Lord Hanuman, Lord Rama, Lord Laxman, Sita Maa were depicted as if they were nothing.
Regarding the argument of the respondents that a disclaimer had been added in the film, the bench said.
The Court questioned the Deputy Solicitor General of India as to how he would defend the movie when it contains prima facie objectionable scenes and dialogues. The Court, however, asked him to seek instructions in the matter from the competent authority.
Further, when the Dy.SGI informed the bench that certain objectionable dialogues of the movie have been changed, the bench responded.
Before the Court, Counsel for one of the petitioners, Ranjana Agnihotri pointed out that this was not the first time it had happened and that it had happened in movies such as PK, Mohalla Assi, Haider, etc..
Lastly, the Court allowed the application seeking to implead the dialogue writer of the movie Manoj Muntashir Shukla as party respondent in the PIL plea and directed for the issuance of notice to him.
The plea further states that any variation with the hairstyle, beard, moustache, and dressing manner including appearances of the Hindu religious characters as per Ramayana is bound to hurt the sentiments of worshipper’s devotees and religious believers.
In this regard, the amendment plea prays for a direction to the opposition parties to remove the objectionable dialogues, and scenes from the film which depict the religious characters in an ugly manner.
