Jaunpur: The film “Adipurush”, directed by Om Raut, has come below the legal scanner with an advocate filing a plea against the filmmaker and actor Saif Ali Khan.
The case is in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
The ACJM court has fixed December 23 as the subsequent date of hearing in the case.
Himanshu Srivastava, a civil court advocate, has offered an application by means of advocate Upendra Vikram Singh below section 156 (3).
According to the petition, the plaintiff has deep faith in ‘Sanatan Dharma’.
He stated that Lord Ram has been regarded a symbol of superior and Ravana, a symbol of evil.
In this context, the festival of Vijayadashami is celebrated just about every year.
The film below the title ‘Adipurush’ is becoming produced on Lord Rama, starring actor Saif Ali Khan as a character extremely related to Ravana.
The petitioner stated that on December 6, Saif Ali Khan stated in a media interview that “since Lakshman had cut off the nose of Ravana’s sister Surpnakha, it was justified that Ravana kidnapped Sita”.
Saif also stated in the interview that by means of this film, “the benevolent and humane side of Ravana will be projected”. Saif who plays the antagonist had later apologised and withdrawn his statements.
The plaintiff alleged that Saif Ali’s interview is a unfavorable portrayal of “faith” and “faith in Sanatan Dharma”.
Apart from the plaintiff, witnesses Vinod Srivastava, Ajit Singh, Brijesh Nishad, Nilesh Nishad, Surya Prakash Singh and Vivek Tiwari also saw and heard the interview by means of Internet media at 8 p.m. on December 9. This has hurt their religious sentiments, the petitioner claimed.