Allahabad High Court has slammed the makers of ‘Adipurush’ over its dialogues that have irked a large section of the audience.
The court directed 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 court said Ramayana is a paragon and people read Ramcharitmanas before leaving home.
It added that films shouldn't touch certain things.
The Allahabad High Court further questioned if the censor board fulfilled its responsibility.
The court said that 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 "A" (adult) category. It's very difficult to watch such films," the court observed.
When the Deputy Solicitor General informed the court that the objectionable dialogues have been removed from the film, the court asked him to ask the censor board what it has been doing.
‘That alone won't work. What will you do with the scenes? Seek instructions, then we will definitely do whatever we want to do... In case the exhibition of the film is stopped, then the people whose feelings have been hurt, will get relief,’ the court said.
Regarding the argument of the respondents that a disclaimer had been added to the film, the bench said, ‘Do the people who put the disclaimer consider the countrymen, and youth, to be brainless? You show Lord Rama, Lord Laxman, Lord Hanuman, Ravana, Lanka and then say it is not Ramayana?’
The court was hearing a petition demanding a ban on 'Adipurush', which claims to be a mythological action film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Hearing in the case will continue on June 28.
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