As if the self styled and anointed "Sanskari" Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani and his bunch of cohorts were not enough of a head ache; here comes the news of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) mulling legal action against the makers of the forthcoming Tiger Shroff super hero saga "Flying Jatt"........
Briefing the press or rather releasing a statement after the due completion of an emergent meeting of the above mentioned committee on Thursday; a spokesperson of committee chief Avtar Singh Makkar alluded to the fact that the Prabhandak Committee will not hesitate to initiate legal action against the producers of this flick if they did not voluntarily delete seemingly offensive and disparaging scenes from the film......
Stating the objections of this supreme body that governs all Sikh Gurudwaras and other religious shrines and institutions; the very same spokesperson succinctly remarked that the sporting of the "Khanda" (a sacred and sacrosanct Sikh religious symbol) on the hero's back and other parts of his attire was both highly objectionable as well as deeply disrespectful of Sikh religious sentiments........
"Hindi film producers seem to be taking the Sikh community for granted and repeatedly keep on insulting the Sikh community and continually hurting the community's religious sentiments by despicable and disparaging usage of Sikh religious symbols and the inappropriate and discriminatory portrayal of Sikhs in numerous films"; the statement released by the SGPC on Thursday afternoon goes on to say.......
"An official communique on behalf of the committee was sent to the producers of the said film way back in November 2015 raising objections about the hero's attire and sporting of the sacred and revered "Khanda" on his back as well as other parts of his attire; but the same has failed to elicit any response till date and hence the Prabhandak Committee is constrained to take legal recourse in order to protect and preserve the sanctity of Sikh religious symbols and their blatant and wilful misuse by certain sections of the Hindi Film Industry"; the very same statement concludes........
I for one have long held the opinion that this never ending nonsense about hurting religious sentiments and other such related matters is causing irreparable harm and severely constricting the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression and such other creative freedoms and would hence advice the producers to release the film in it's present form and shape and if the SGPC initiates legal action against them then so be it as someone or the other seems to set right this ongoing nonsense about religious sentiments and so and so forth........
Briefing the press or rather releasing a statement after the due completion of an emergent meeting of the above mentioned committee on Thursday; a spokesperson of committee chief Avtar Singh Makkar alluded to the fact that the Prabhandak Committee will not hesitate to initiate legal action against the producers of this flick if they did not voluntarily delete seemingly offensive and disparaging scenes from the film......
Stating the objections of this supreme body that governs all Sikh Gurudwaras and other religious shrines and institutions; the very same spokesperson succinctly remarked that the sporting of the "Khanda" (a sacred and sacrosanct Sikh religious symbol) on the hero's back and other parts of his attire was both highly objectionable as well as deeply disrespectful of Sikh religious sentiments........
"Hindi film producers seem to be taking the Sikh community for granted and repeatedly keep on insulting the Sikh community and continually hurting the community's religious sentiments by despicable and disparaging usage of Sikh religious symbols and the inappropriate and discriminatory portrayal of Sikhs in numerous films"; the statement released by the SGPC on Thursday afternoon goes on to say.......
"An official communique on behalf of the committee was sent to the producers of the said film way back in November 2015 raising objections about the hero's attire and sporting of the sacred and revered "Khanda" on his back as well as other parts of his attire; but the same has failed to elicit any response till date and hence the Prabhandak Committee is constrained to take legal recourse in order to protect and preserve the sanctity of Sikh religious symbols and their blatant and wilful misuse by certain sections of the Hindi Film Industry"; the very same statement concludes........
I for one have long held the opinion that this never ending nonsense about hurting religious sentiments and other such related matters is causing irreparable harm and severely constricting the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression and such other creative freedoms and would hence advice the producers to release the film in it's present form and shape and if the SGPC initiates legal action against them then so be it as someone or the other seems to set right this ongoing nonsense about religious sentiments and so and so forth........
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