Welcome Back: Dialogue Referring To Asaram Deleted

Asaram is in Jodhpur jail since 2 years under rape charges, but the self-styled godman still have followers to keep a check on unpleasant references being made under his name. Recently released flick, Welcome Back had a dialogue (Andhera bahut hai, Bhai goggle utaar de warna izzat ka Asaram ho jayega) referring to Asaram, which was a part of the promo of the film. It is said that after watching the promo of the film, Asaram supporters contacted the makers and demanded to detach the dialogue from the flick.

Director Anees Bazmee said in a statement, “It was done away with before the release of the film. I have heard that there were some calls from his followers who raised objections”. Raj Shandilya, who wrote the script of the film, said that the dialogue was only written for the promo and wasn’t meant to be there in the film. On the contrary, the actor who mouthed the dialogue says that the dialogue was a part of the film.

Actor Aslam Khan, who mouthed the dialogue, was quoted as saying, “It was very much in the film and I even dubbed for it. The entire line strangely went missing. I was told that objections relating to it had been raised. The makers could have replaced his name, but preferred to play it safe and remove the entire dialogue”. 

Source: mid-day.com