‘ADIPURUSH’ FALLOUT: KATHMANDU BANS HINDI FILMS

By
KOMAL NAHTA

Screening of all Hindi films has been banned in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, from today (June 19) over the “objectionable” words and depiction of Sita in the mythological film Adipurush. The announcement was made by a top city official on June 18.

Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah said that the screening of Adipurush without having one of its dialogues deleted will cause “irreparable damage”. He added, “Screening of all Hindi films will be barred within Kathmandu metropolitan city from Monday (June 19), as the objectionable words in the dialogue of Adipurush have not yet been removed. We already issued notice three days ago to remove the objectionable portion of the dialogue that Sita is India’s daughter, within three days.” Allowing the screening of the film without the change, according to Balendra Shah, would help “establish a distorted fact”.

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