Supreme Court stays release of Annu Kapoor’s Hamare Baarah: ‘If teaser is so offensive then what about the whole movie’

As the filmmakers’ lawyers argued that the makers would have to take heavy losses if there was a stay on the release, the SC said, “If teaser is so offensive then what about the whole movie… Prima facie it seems you have failed since you yourself deleted the scenes from the teaser.”

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Earlier, in the Bombay HC, it had been argued that the film portrays Muslims in a wrong light. The plea said that the verse from the Quran spoken in the film was being misrepresented. The Bombay HC first restrained the makers to release the film till June 14. But, a day later, it ordered Central Board of Film Certification to form a panel to view the film. The court later allowed the release of the film if the makers deleted certain dialogues. The panel asked for more time to share their comments on the film but the High Court objected to that.