Ram-Leela lands in legal trouble, accused of hurting Hindu sentiments

On Monday a public interest litigation has been filed against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ram-Leela by lawyer Siddhrajsinh Chudasama which has demanded a ban on the release of the movie. The PIL is supposed to be heard by the High Court bench this week.

As claimed in the PIL, the movie’s release will lead to unrest between two Rajput communities and it also hurts Hindu sentiments. The movie’s content has been described as vulgar and as per the plaintiff the movie shows women in a disrespectful manner. Six entities have been added as respondents to the petition like Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Information department of the Gujarat government, Central Board of Film Certification, Film Censor Board, Bhansali, and producer Kishore Lulla.

The petitioner has claimed that, as evident from the trailer and the newly-released songs, the movie is a love-story between a Rabari boy and a Darbar-Rajput girl.He has alleged that the movie has verbal abuses in its dialogues and also some obscene gestures which are quite disrespectful towards women.Chudasama has clarified his point that as Ramleela and Rasleela are a lot similar on the religious grounds, the film is definitely 'hurting the sentiments of Hindus and promoting vulgarity'. He has stated the facts clearly that there are 15 crore Rajputs in India among whom 56 lakhs hail from Gujarat. Reportedly some Rajput leaders have already written to Bhansali explaining their respective concerns. As told by Chudasama's lawyer Bhunesh Rupera the PIL is expected to be heard this Friday.