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Anurag Thakur lashes out at CBFC for ‘objectionable scene’ in Oppenheimmer, seeks explaination

New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur Monday asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for an explaination regarding approving an “objectionable” scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer released in India last weekend. As per the media reports, the union minister asked as to how was such a scene allowed to pass? Filmmakers may also be asked […]

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New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur Monday asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for an explaination regarding approving an “objectionable” scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer released in India last weekend.

As per the media reports, the union minister asked as to how was such a scene allowed to pass? Filmmakers may also be asked to remove the impugned scene.

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The film stoke controversy in India after its release when a scene showed film’s hero Cillian Murphy having intercourse with Florence Pugh, the female lead. In that particular scene, the actress stops for a while and hand over a copy of holy book ‘Gita’ to Murphy.

Then Murphy went to read a verse: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

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Disturbing Attack on Hinduism: India’s Information Commissioner 

This scene caused anger among Hindutava groups demanding the “objectionable scene” to be chuck out from the film to make it more inclusive to ‘Hindus.’ Earlier, Information Commissioner of India, Uday Mahurkar condemned the scene, calling it a “disturbing attack on Hinduism.”

He also accused that the move is a “part of a larger conspiracy by anti-Hindu forces.”

Mahurkar expressed anger in a Twitter post and said, “We believe that if you remove this scene and do the needful to win hearts of Hindus, it will go a long way to establish your credentials as a sensitized human being and gift you friendship of billions of nice people.”

He continued, “But this is a direct assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant Hindus, rather it amounts to waging a war on the Hindu community and almost appears to be part of a larger conspiracy by anti-Hindu forces.”

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Pranjal Gupta


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