The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday pulled up makers of the film “Adipurush” over its dialogues that have infuriated a large section of the audience for “hurting religious sentiments”.
The court also directed the film’s co-writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla to be made a party in the case and issued a notice directing him to respond within a week.
The bench of Justice Rajesh Chauhan and Justice Shri Prakash Singh was hearing a petition demanding a ban on “Adipurush”, which claims to be a mythological action film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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“The nature of dialogues in the film is a big issue. Ramayana is a paragon for us. People read Ramcharitmanas before leaving home,” it said, adding that films should not tamper with certain things.
“Agar hum log is par 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 remarked.
The court also questioned whether the film certification authority fulfilled its responsibility. “It is good that people did not harm the law-and-order situation after watching the film.
Lord Hanuman and Sita have been shown like they are nothing. These things should have been removed from the very beginning. Some scenes seem to be of the ‘A’ (adult) category. It is very difficult to watch such films,” the court observed.
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