Hindu bodies seek ban on B-town’s Ravan Leela

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, September 29

Hindu organisations are up-in-arms against the upcoming Hindi film ‘Ravan Leela’, which is set to be released on October 1, accusing it of hurting the religious sentiments of the Hindus by portraying Sita in wrong light.

In Hoshiarpur, protests were held against the movie. Parshuram Sena, led by Ashutosh Sharma, observed the protest by burning an effigy at the Ghanta Ghar Chowk and also handed over a memorandum to the district administration, the copies of which were sent to the PM, I&B Minister and CM Punjab, demanding a ban on the movie and cancellation of the certification issued to it by the censor board.

Shiv Sena also held a protest against the movie and burnt the posters and pictures of the actors of the movie. In Garhshankar, leaders of various organisations of the Hindu religion, Valmiki community and the Ravidasia community handed over a memorandum to the SDM and demanded the government to take legal action against the producer, director, writer and cast of the film. They sought a complete ban on the release of the film. They said Lord Valmiki had described Sita as a holy and virtuous woman in the Ramayana and an attempt has been made to create confusion among people through this film.

They warned that if the film was not banned, there would be massive protests against it in the near future, for which the administration and the government would be held responsible.