RSS-affiliate teachers’ body demands ban on ‘Pathaan’
The movie starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone is slated to release on January 25 next year. Several protests had erupted over Padukone’s costume in the song and the colour of her attire.
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Pathaan, starring Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan, is scheduled to release on January 25, 2023. (File) The Gujarat unit of the teachers’ body affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi demanding a ban on the upcoming film “Pathaan” and a song from the film.
The Gujarat unit of the Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh stated in its representation to the state government that they demand a ban on the movie from theatres and social media platforms for “benefit of national culture and students”, and added that the song from the film titled “Besharam Rang” is “full of obscenity”.
The movie starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone is slated to release on January 25 next year. Several protests had erupted over Padukone’s costume in the song and the colour of her attire.
Bhikhabhai Patel, president of Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, Gujarat, told The Indian Express, “We have mailed the letter to the CM and Home Minister. The song is full of obscenity. Not only the type of clothes worn in the song, but also the title of the song is objectionable… What impression will it leave on children? The heart of National Education Policy 2020 is culture and bhartiyata. With such songs and movies there will be no use of it.”
The teachers’ body has also demanded a notice to be issued to the makers of the movie “for hurting everyone’s sentiments” and to seek assurances from them that in the future no such act will be repeated.
Further, calling it “harmful for the society”, the teachers’ association stated that the movie is doing harm to the years of work of government and social organisations and is stopping the inculcation of culture values.
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