Daijiworld Media Network - Entertainment
New Delhi, Jun 30: Civil Judge Kishor Kumar has ruled in favour of the prima facie case that has been registered against Sunny Deol and Sakhshi Tanwar's upcoming movie Mohalla Assi as it contains scenes, characters and language that might hurt the sentiments of devout Hindus.
The makers of the movie as well as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) have been duly warned by the court to not go ahead with the release of the movie that was hitherto supposed to be on Friday, 3rd of July. The trailer of the movie, that got leaked showed a character dressed as Lord Shiva mouthing bad words while standing with one leg on the chest of Sunny Deol.
This scene was what has galvanised many religious activists into action and brought on a legal case on the heads of the makers of the movie.
Judge Kishor Kumar said, "In one scene, a character dressed as Lord Shiva is shown using filthy language. Use of such language by Lord Shiva makeover is really hurting. It may (hurt) religious sentiments of the people in case the movie is released and seen by public at large. Therefore, at this stage, a prima facie case is made out that until the religiously hurting scenes and dialogues/words wherein the abusive and filthy language has been used, are removed, the movie should not be released."
Plaintiff Gulshan Kumar has been directed by the court to serve the order to the defendants, while asking them to present themselves before the court on the 13th of July. Gulshan Kumar's lawyers showed the trailer to the court and also stated that the trailer riddled with offensive language and scenes has been out on various online sites since the 16th of June.
Actor Ravi Kishan, who is also part of the cast and is seen speaking the filthy language that is part of the make-up of the entire trailer spoke to media persons about the character playing Lord Shiva in the movie. He said, "The trailer, which has found its way on the internet is an uncensored video. I'm baffled how the trailer was stolen from the editing room, and how it was splashed on the web. We had tried our best to keep it under wraps, but I don't know what kind of thinking this offender has, who is out to destroy cinema. This scene would definitely not feature in the film, as I myself am a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. You'll get better clarity if you read Kashinath Singh's upanyas(novel), as to why such scenes were shot."