Amritsar, Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Tuesday sent a legal notice to the producers of the film “Emergency” involving Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut for allegedly “misrepresenting the character and history of Sikh” community, The Indian Express reported.
Giving more troubles to the actor, a separate Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed to the Punjab and Haryana court sought to ban the release of the movie.
The movie, written, directed and produced by Kangana Ranaut, based on the life of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will hit the theatres on September 6.
After trailer of the political drama was released on August 14 on social media platforms, two Amritdhari (baptised) Sikhs have moved the high court.
They alleged the trailer was depicting erroneous historical facts and promoting “hatred towards Sikh community” calling out what is described ‘an attempt has been made to destroy the social fabric of Punjab’.
“The bare perusal of the trailer…would reveal the fact that…people from Sikh Community have been shown to be firing indiscriminately at people of Hindu community due to religious discrimination, by stopping a bus…”, the petition reportedly stated.
The petitioners have submitted that the trailer showed “Sant ji (Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale)” as “striking a deal…whereby he has been shown to be promising the Congress party leaders to secure votes…in the General Elections”.
The petitioners alleged that there was no historical basis for this, calling it a “gimmick” to slander the Sikh community and its religious institutions and accused that it “deliberately misrepresents” the character of Sikhs, creating an “anti-Sikh narrative”.
The petitioners sought directions to the Centre and Central Board of Film Certification to stop the release of the movie, saying it has the potential to “destroy the social fabric of entire nation” and sought to direct Punjab DGP to register an FIR under BNS (Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita), 2023, and the Cinematograph Act, against Ranaut, and others involved in the film.