![]() ![]() Jodha Akbar in 2008 and Padmavat in 2017 also faced strong opposition, the former for showing Jodha as Akbar’s wife and the latter for allegedly distorting Rajput history. If in 1996, Fire had to be withdrawn under pressure from Hindu fundamentalists for showing a lesbian relationship, the shooting of Water in Varanasi had to be abandoned after the same fringe groups vandalised its sets in 2005. There’s a long list of movies which have been banned in the past for one reason or another. Its order to ban the film did not set a new precedent. Though the Uttarakhand High Court, in a heartening development, had dismissed a PIL seeking a ban on Kedarnath, the state government issued an order to do just that. ![]() Above: A poster of Kedarnath, a film set in the background of the 2013 Uttarakhand floodsĭespite the Uttarakhand High Court dismissing a plea to ban this film, the state government asked district magistrates to decide on screening the movie and seven districts promptly banned it ![]()
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