The upcoming film Thank God starring Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra is the latest Bollywood movie to get embroiled in a controversy with many on social media calling for its boycott. A case has been filed in Uttar Pradesh against the lead actors and the director, Indra Kumar, for hurting the feelings of the Kayastha community.
According to reports, a lawyer named Himanshu Srivastava has filed a case in a Jaunpur court against the actors and the director. The petitioner claims that the movie’s trailer insults and hurts the feelings, particularly those of the Kayastha community.
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Ajay Devgn impersonates Lord Chitragupta and makes fun using “objectionable languages”, alleged the petitioner. According to the petitioner, Chitragupta is known as the “Lord of Karma who keeps a record of an individual’s virtues and sins” and wrong portrayal of him hurts the religious feelings. However, the makers of the film are yet to respond to the petition. Many also raised their voices against the movie on social media platforms and #BoycottThankgod started trending on Twitter on September 15. A user wrote, “I am a Kayastha. I will not tolerate mockery of my god Chitragupta Maharaj. Don’t care if the public makes it a super hit film. I will boycott it.”
I am a Kayastha I will not tolerate mockery of my god Chitragupta Maharaj.
Don’t care if public makes it a super hit film.
I will boycott it.#BoycottThankGod— Shubham Srivastav (@singlebyluck) September 9, 2022
Happy to see Sensitive Hindus who are raising voice against Bollywood movies and script writers who mock Hindu Religion, Our Gods and sanatan Dharma #BoycottThankGod pic.twitter.com/z8SkFfU3HY
— डॉक्टर नारंग 🇮🇳 (@karan_neil) September 15, 2022
A user even requested the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) not to clear this film.
#BoycottThankGod
It’s not the right way how a movie should teach us.chitragupt is a person where we have seen with our culture and history..though we have been come across to modern days but insulting ur culture is not right thing.i request censor board to stop this @CBFC_India pic.twitter.com/TA7wq1Funs— Vinayak Mithare (@VinayakMithare) September 16, 2022
The worldwide premiere of Thank God, which is backed by T-Series and Maruti International, is set for October 25. The movie will also have competition at the box office from the October 24 release of Ram Setu, which stars Jacqueline Fernandez and Akshay Kumar.
