Mumbai: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday seeking an order to stop the release of Kedarnath . The PIL said the movie scheduled for release on December 7 hurts Hindu sentiments, and will inspire people to get into ‘love jihad’.
The petitioners, advocate Prabhakar Tripathi and advocate Rameshchandra Mishra, said the movie, based on one of the most holy places for Hindus, is a twisted Hindu-Muslim love story, which is maliciously diluted during the 2013 floods.
The PIL said, “The storyline is cooked-up, imaginary, and the movie is a untrustworthy story of love between a Hindu Brahmin girl and a Muslim boy connected with the natural disaster of Uttarakhand.”
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The PIL talked about Article 25 of the Constitution which says all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practise, and propagate religion subject to public order, morality and health. “The filmmakers have, by making such type of movie and releasing the trailer, made attempts to outrage and play with our religious sentiments using the name and abode of lord Shiva.”
The advocates requested that the release of the movie be stopped in the interest of public to avoid any law and order situation.
The matter will come up for hearing on December 5 before a Division Bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M.S. Karnik.
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