Make a documentary on the Quran depicting wrong things and see what will happen: Allahabad High Court in Adipurush case

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to submit personal affidavits in response to pleas against the exhibition of the film Adipurush..During the hearing today, a Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Shree Prakash Singh urged filmmakers to not make movies on religious texts."Aap logo ko Quran, Bible ko bhi nahin touch karna chahiye. Mai yeh clear kar dun ki kisi ek dharm ko mat touch kariey. Aap log kisi bhi dharm ke baare me galat tarah se mat dikhaye. Court ka koi religion nahin hai," the Court said.(You must not touch Quran or the Bible. Let me clarify that you must not touch any religion. Please don't show religions in wrong light. The Court has no religion.).Before rising, Justice Chauhan orally remarked that filmmakers only want to mint money. Then, he seemed to suggest that if even a short documentary on the Quran depicting wrong things was made, it would cause a stir."If you make even a short documentary on the Quran depicting wrong things, then you will see the what can happen," the Court orally remarked..On June 27, the High Court had directed the Deputy Solicitor General to obtain complete instructions from the I&B Ministry and the CBFC.The Court had also allowed an application requesting the inclusion of Manoj Muntashir Shukla, the dialogue writer of the movie in question, as a party in the case and issued notice to him..Today, Deputy Solicitor General of India SB Pandey informed the Court that the film was certified by a board of five expert members and that the certificate was not challenged by the petitioners.The Court sarcastically responded that those who certified the movie portraying the Ramayana in the manner in which it was portrayed in the film were truly "blessed.""Aap keh rhe hain ki sanskar wale logon ne is movie ko certify kiya hai jahan Ramayana ke baare mein aisa dikhaya gaya hai to wo log 'dhanya' hai," the Court said.(If you're saying that the board certified this movie where Ramayana was portrayed this way then they are truly blessed.).The Court was hearing a plea filed by social activists Kuldeep Tiwari and Bandana Kumar, who were represented by Advocates Ranjana Agnihotri and Sudha Sharma.The petitioners asserted that the movie in question cast doubt on the integrity of the revered epic Ramayana and defamed the cultural heritage of Ayodhya as well as the Hindu religion.The movie's trailer was clumsy and indecent, which has resulted in hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus, the plea stated.The petitioners further noted that despite the Allahabad High Court issuing notice to the CBFC during a hearing held in January 2023, the Board has not yet responded in the matter.Recently, an amendment application was filed to include the film's dialogue writer, Manoj Muntashir Shukla, as a party in the case.The amendment application also objected to the dialogues written by Shukla, terming them to be ridiculous, 'filthy', and 'against the glory of Ramayan yug'.