Dismissing the petition, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Ramesh Khulbe said a similar controversy surrounding the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat had made the film a super hit. The petitioner pleaded with the court to stop the release and sought a ban on the film. However, ahead of its Friday release, the Uttarakhand High Court, following the Bombay and Gujarat High Courts, has dismissed a PIL filed against the film. Soon after the trailer was launched, the film landed in a pit of troubles when Teerth purohits (priests) of the shrine town of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand’s Chardham demanded that a blanket ban is imposed on the movie stating that it hurts the Hindu religious sentiments and promotes ‘Love Jihad’. Kedarnath is a romantic flick which revolves around the disastrous 2013 Uttarakhand floods. The district magistrates of Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar had on Thursday imposed a ban on the screening of the film. There will be no screening of the film in seven districts of the state where Hindu outfits have protested against the film burning effigies of film-makers, Ashok added.ĭehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Udham, Singh Nagar, Pauri, Tehri, and Almora are among the districts where the film has been banned, the ADG asserted. The decision has been taken by District Magistrates concerned in view of the situation prevailing in their areas, ADG (law and order) Ashok Kumar told PTI on Friday. Also starring the Kaipo Che star Sushant Singh Rajput, the Abhishek Kapoor directorial venture released on Friday.Īlso Read | 'Zero': Anushka Sharma reveals what went into the making of 'Mere Naam Tu' A ban has been imposed on the release of Sara Ali Khan’s Bollywood debut in seven districts of Uttarakhand, owing to the protests by Hindu outfits, a senior official said on Friday. After breathing a sense of relief a day ahead of release, Kedarnath is back to the turmoil of problems in Uttarakhand.
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