Amid an issue over the tune of an upcoming film Yaariyan 2, the SGPC Wednesday mentioned the Central Board of Film Certification ought to be sure that movies don’t harm sentiments of any faith.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the apex spiritual physique of Sikhs, has taken sturdy objection to actor Meezaan Jafri allegedly sporting a ‘kirpan’ — a logo of Sikh religion — in a tune within the upcoming film ‘Yaariyan-2’ and has additionally filed a grievance with the Amritsar Police Commissioner alleging harm to non secular sentiments. Though the movie’s administrators claimed that the actor was sporting a ‘khukri’ (a curved knife) and never a ‘kirpan’ and that they haven’t any intention to offend or disrespect any spiritual beliefs, the SGPC mentioned ”we aren’t glad along with your illogical clarification.” In an announcement on Wednesday, SGPC common secretary Gurcharan Singh Grewal mentioned there are a number of situations the place movies harm the rules and life-style of Sikhs, however the Centre authorities by no means confirmed seriousness about such issues.

He accused the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) of not holding the general public’s spiritual sentiments in thoughts whereas vetting the movies for certificates.

It results in ”arbitrary acts” by filmmakers within the title of freedom of expression, he mentioned.

Religious sentiments of the Sikhs have been intentionally harm within the ‘Saure Ghar’ tune of Yaariyan 2 movie and the federal government remains to be silent, he mentioned.

The SGPC common secretary mentioned though a authorized motion has been initiated towards the ”anti-Sikh”, the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting also needs to take strict motion within the matter.

He additionally demanded the inclusion of a consultant from each faith within the CBFC in order that no scene towards the emotions of any faith is made public.

In the previous too, the SGPC handed a number of such resolutions in its common home conferences and despatched them to the federal government of India, however acquired no constructive response, he claimed. Grewal mentioned though BJP’s nationwide spokesperson RP Singh has strongly objected to the actor sporting a ‘kirpan’ within the tune, it isn’t sufficient and he also needs to talk about it with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and different involved ministers.

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