Toilet graffiti in 'Kaminey' hurts Lord Jagannath devotees
Apna Haath Jagannath was written outside the toilet door where Shahid locks himself up in after a squabble with
Priyanka Chopra in Kaminey. Apparantly, the toilet joke hasn't gone well with Jagannath Sena Sangathan in Puri.
A section of the sevayats today lodged a police complaint against UTV Motion pictures alleging that a scene in
the Hindi film Kaminey had denigrated Lord Jagannath. Yesterday the sevayats had burnt posters of the film
here.
"Lord Jagannath has been shown in poor light in the movie. In a scene, it has been written 'Apna Hath
Jagannath' in the toilet with a semi-clad model under the writing. It has hurt the sentiments of Jagannath devotees," a
member of the Sangathan.
Sensing trouble cinema hall owners at Bhubaneswar today deleted the scene from
the film. They have informed the distributors of Kaminey in this regard.
People at Puri including local BJD MLA
Mr Maheswar Mohanty said the scene had hurt the sentiments of devotees and the producer must apologise. Mr
Mohanty said that he will move the state government to take up the issue with the producer of the movie.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:29 IST