Bhubaneswar, August 24: A case was registered today against the UTV Motion Pictures, producers of the recently released Hindi film ‘Kaminey’, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Lord Jagannath devotees.
The case was registered with the Town police station in Puri after Sri Jagannath Sena, a cultural organisation, lodged a complaint.
Sena leader P Patnaik said they are opposed to a particular writing on the wall of a toilet shown in the Sahid Kapur and Priyanka Chopra starrer film.
“Apna Haath Jagannath” was written on the wall of a toilet which made part of the film, he said alleging that the statement was intended to hurt followers of Jagannath cult.
“We have registered a case against UTV Motion Pictures. The investigation into the matter has started,” Town Police Station in-charge Sudhakar Sahu said.
While a group of priests of the 12th century shrine burnt posters of the film to mark their protest, Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty demanded an apology from its director Vishal Bhardwaj and the producer.
Meanwhile, the owner of a theatre here deleted the “controversial” portion from the movie.
“We feel the writing on the toilet wall shown in the movie was inflammatory. Therefore, we deleted the portion keeping the sentiments of people in mind,” said theatre manager Rabi Moharana.
—Agencies