SGPC wants its man on film censor board

AMRITSAR, Nov 19: Gurcharan Singh Tohra, president, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has demanded from the state government a representation for the committee’s nominee on the film censor board to ensure that the Sikh history, culture and way of life was not distorted while being depicted in the Indian films.

In a communication to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, released to press here today, Tohra said it had come to his notice that some Indian films while presenting a Sikh character or a scene from a place of their worship or Sikh way of life, tended to present its skewed image.

He said that such practice had been going on for quite some time and the SGPC, the representative body of the Sikhs, had been registering strong protest against the same from time to time. He said that the Doordarshan too had been occasionally exhibiting some scenes which were misrepresentation of the Sikh faith.

He said sich misrepresentation of Sikhs had hurt the feelings of the whole Sikh Panth. The Sikhs believed that the phenomenon was either a planned conspiracy or a mischief on the part of some anti-Sikh elements, he said.