Lucknow (The Hawk): Adipurush, a Bollywood film, has been requested to be banned in a plea filed with the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow division.
Before the division bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Renu Agarwal, attorney Ranjana Agnihotri listed the offensive elements of the film while speaking on behalf of the petitioner Kuldeep Tiwari.
Agnihotri requested a ban on the film, which would be released on January 12 of next year, citing the inappropriate material in the previously published teaser.
In court appearance on behalf of the Union government, attorney Ashwani Singh claimed that the petitioner had named the Center, the State, the Censor Board, Om Raut, the director of the film, as well as actors Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, and Kriti Menon in the complaint.
The hearing's next date has not yet been determined.
Early this month, a petition was submitted to a Delhi court asking for an injunction to prevent the release of the upcoming film on the grounds that its promotional trailer depicts Hindu gods in a "unwarranted" and "inaccurate" manner.
In his Friday filing, attorney Raj Gaurav argued that the defendants, producer Bhushan Kumar and director and co-producer Om Raut, had falsified key elements of the epic Ramayana and demanded a permanent and binding injunction against them.
The plea alleged that the defendants had offended the plaintiff and other Hindus' religious, cultural, historical, and civilizational sentiments by inaccurately and unjustifiably portraying the Hindu deities Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman in the teaser or promotional video for their upcoming film Adipurush.
(Inputs from Agencies)