Bollywood just isn’t solely about larger-than-life tales and working round timber. The movie trade has been entertaining us for many years with heart-warming tales, however what actually doesn’t work properly with the Indian viewers are the films with religion-based scripts. They rub the Indian viewers in a improper manner. Take as an example the latest case of ‘Mohalla Assi’, a movie primarily based on spiritual points that hasn’t been launched however is already going through the ire. And this isn’t taking place for the primary time when spiritual overtones of a movie have created celluloid controversy. Listed here are 5 such flicks, which made headlines attributable to their delicate contents and had been tagged ‘outrageous’.
Mohalla Assi
Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, this Sunny Deol-starrer film is in information attributable to its abusive language and portrayal of Lord Shiva in poor gentle. Following a petition, a court docket has lately restrained the makers of the movie from releasing on July 3 until additional orders. The court docket has noticed that it would “damage spiritual sentiments of the individuals” and stated it shouldn’t hit theatres until the alleged offensive scenes and dialogues are edited. The movie is predicated within the locality of Assi Ghat within the holy metropolis of Varanasi. It’s, reportedly, primarily based on 2004 Hindi novel ‘Kashi Ka Assi’ written by Kashinath Singh. The film additionally stars Ravi Kishan, Sakshi Tanwar in lead roles.
PK
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Many circumstances had been registered in opposition to this Rajkumar Hirani movie ever since its first poster was unveiled that had a nude Aamir Khan, posing with a transistor. The film, a satire on spiritual beliefs and superstitions, was launched throughout India on December 19, 2014. Aamir Khan performed an alien and unravels the ugly face of human greed. Hindutva teams took offence to sure scenes and dialogues whereas others criticized ‘PK’ that it “unnecessarily” mocked Hindu beliefs and rituals. Police lodged complaints in opposition to the movie below Sections 153-A, 295-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Nevertheless, it didn’t have an effect on the field workplace assortment of ‘PK’, which has crossed Rs 650 crore mark. The movie additionally stars Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, and Sanjay Dutt.
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
This Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie was mired in controversy from the time its title was introduced. The unique identify of the film was ‘Ram-Leela’, however was modified to ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, following a petition. In line with the petitioner, actor Ranveer Singh, who performed the function of Ram within the movie, was a womanizer and his function was a personality assassination of Lord Rama. A case was later filed in opposition to Bhansali, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone for allegedly hurting spiritual sentiments of the individuals and selling communal disharmony. Nevertheless, the movie was launched on November 15, 2013 and picked up over Rs 200 crore on the field workplace.
Son of Sardaar
Directed by Ashwni Dhir, the movie was tagged as objectionable by the Sikh group attributable to a Lord Shiva tattoo on actor Ajay Devgan’s chest and a few allegedly outrageous dialogues. He performed the function of a Sikh protagonist within the film. Being a producer, he assured the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) that the objectionable parts can be eliminated earlier than its launch. The actor additionally promised {that a} print of the movie can be despatched to the SGPC earlier than the discharge. The film was launched on November 13, 2012 and in addition stars Sonakshi Sinha, Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Dutt.
OMG-Oh My God
This Akshay Kumar-starrer was a mixture of satire, fable and fantasy that brings viewers’s consideration in direction of the commercialisation of faith. Though the film insists on the existence of God, it was not like by Hindutva teams. The story was an adaptation of a profitable Gujarati play, which additionally grew to become successful in Hindi and Marathi languages. Directed by Umesh Shukla, the film was launched on September 28, 2012. An FIR was later lodged in opposition to the director, producers and actors of the movie for allegedly hurting spiritual sentiments of the individuals. The film additionally stars actors Paresh Rawal and Mithun Chakraborty.
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