Indian Cinematography Act of 1952 may soon come on the way of smooth journey of ‘Munni Badnam Hui' and ‘Sheila Ki
Jawani', which have been craze throughout the country. However, ‘Munni' and ‘Sheila' have now reached court premises.Thanks
to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Nutan Thakur, who is an IPS officer's wife.
She has filed the PIL on Thursday at Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench. In this PIL, Mrs. Thakur alleged that Dabangg and
Tees Maar Khan have shown obscenity through these two item numbers. Hence she has asked for deleting these two popular
songs from the movies.
The PIL has sought action against Dabangg director, producer and co-producers. So, Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan and
Dhillin Mehta will have to face the ire.
In case of Tees Maar Khan, the PIL has mentioned the names of director
Farah Khan, producers Ronnie Screwvala and Twinkle Khanna. The petitioner has mentioned that they have violated some
provisions of ‘Indian Cinematography Act of 1952'.
According to the petition, the Salman Khan starrer Dabangg, Akshay Kumar's Tees Maar Khan has many immoral, indecent
and vulgar songs, visual representations and dialogues. The petitioner has requested the court to direct the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting and censor board to ask TV channels, cassette companies and filmmakers not to air the songs of
these films.
The matter will heard in the court on January 3. In the meantime, Tees Maar Khan is releasing across the country to make
‘Shiela Ki Jawani' more popular.
Friday, December 24, 2010 15:01 IST