'Adipurush' Row: Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Revocation Of Film's CBFC Certification

On Friday, the Supreme Court of India stayed the proceedings that were pending before different high courts against the makers of 'Adipurush'.

Garima Das

Updated on: 21 July 2023 11:05 am

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Prabhas and Kriti Sanon starrer 'Adipurush' landed into controversy post its?release. It faced backlash on social media for its dialogues. As per a report in ANI, on Friday, the Supreme Court of India stayed the proceedings that were pending before different high courts against the makers of the film. The apex court had also issued notice on an appeal filed by the makers of 'Adipurush' against the Allahabad high court order asking them to appear before it on July 27.

The news agency also stated that the court also declined?a "Public Interest Litigation (PIL)?seeking to revoke the CBFC certificate of the film for public exhibition for allegedly hurting religious sentiments".?A bench of Justices SK Kaul and Sudhanshu DhuliaSudhanshu Dhulia dismissed the PIL.?

“Everyone is touchy about everything now...tolerance for movies, books are going down,” remarked Kaul.?

Supreme Court stays proceedings pending before different High Courts against makers of the film "Adipurush". Supreme Court also issues notice on an appeal filed by the makers of the film against Allahabad High Court order asking them to appear before it on July 27.

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For the unversed, the PIL was filed by Advocate Mamta Rani, who sought revocation of the film certificate of the movie for allegedly distorting sacred texts and also claimed that the portrayal of Hindu deities in 'Adipurush' violated the statutory provisions outlined in Section?5B of the Cinematograph Act, 1952. Advocate Ratnesh Kumar Shukla, who represented the?petitioner, argued that the film depicted the deities in a detestable manner.?

The bench didn't entertain the petitioner's arguments. As per livelaw.in,?Justice SK Kaul said, "Why should we entertain this under 32? The cinematography act provides for the method to get certificate. Everybody now is touchy about every thing. Every time they will come before the Supreme Court for it. Is every thing to be scrutinised by us? The level of tolerance for films, books, paintings keeps on getting down. Now people are hurt maybe sometimes genuinely, maybe sometimes not. But we will not under Article 32 start entertaining them."