Shoot Out over censorship
Several Sikh organisations in India are demanding that the Bollywood film, Shoot Out at Lokhandwala be banned.
At issue is a flashback in the film, which claims to be “based on true rumours,” in which inspector Abhishek Mhatre is shot by a group of Sikh terrorists.
According to Balwinder Singh of the Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, scenes such as this “not only tarnished the image of the community in the world but was also affecting the minds of the Sikh younger generation.”
The organisations are calling on the central government to impose a “complete ban” on the film’s screening and include one of their own people to join the censor board in order to decide which scenes should are objectionable.
Tuesday 19 Jun 2007 | Paul | India
