Mumbai, Jun 19 (IT) : Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez alongwith Dishoom producer Sajid Nadiadwala, director Rohit Dhawan, is facing a criminal case on charges of insulting Sikh religion in one of the songs of her upcoming film Dishoom.
IRKED BY KIRPAN IN SONG
Jacky is seen dancing wearing a Kirpan -a Sikh ceremonial dagger - in the film song which has irked the Sikh clergy. The complainant Ravinder Singh Bassi in his complaint to the court has also made Sector 34 SHO and SSP Chandigarh as co-accused.
The court has fixed July 1 for hearing and has asked the complainant, an advocate, to produce primary witnesses in the court.
Earlier on June 15 Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) in a letter written to Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification Pehlaj Nihlani had asked him to get the controversial song removed from the film as it was desecretion of Sikh symbol.
"The song depicts a semi-clad actress Jacqueline Fernandez, dancing with a Kirpan,dangling in front of her legs and supported by a cloth belt worn around the waist by the actress and thereby made the mockery of the sacredness and respect of the religious symbols of Kirpan," General Secretary ,DSGMC, Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.
ACT HURTING SENTIMENTS
DSGMC letter says the 'act' is hurting sentiments of Sikhs who have sent a number of complaints to the committee. Sirsa said that he has requested CBFC to instruct director Rohit Dhawan to immediately remove all the trailers/videos of the aforesaid song uploaded at YouTube or other websites.
PUBLIC APOLOGY
"Either delete the song from the movie or re-shoot its video sans the wearing of Kirpan supported by the actress and to instruct the director and cast of the movie to make public apology to the Sikh community for the deliberate insult done to a respectable Sikh religious symbol. If CBFC fails to take appropriate action in this context, DSGMC will be compelled to initiate criminal proceedings against the director and case of the 'Dishoom' as well as against the CBFC," said the open letter written to Pehlaj Nihlani.
ARABIC SWORD
However the film prouder has already denied the allegations saying that the dagger shown in the film is not Kirpan but an Arabic sword. The song in question was shot in Morocco.