GagWatch

Back in March some of the more sensitive sections of the Hindu community decided - on the basis of a trailer - to take offence at Mike Myers’ latest film, The Love Guru.

Now more than 5,000 people have signed a petition protesting against the film - which, of course, they haven’t seen yet.

Some Hindu groups are considering a boycott of Paramount Pictures which produced the film and Hindu activists in the US are calling on the MPAA to change the rating of the film to NC-17, making it impossible for anyone under 17 to see it. They’ve also written protest letters to the Indian Film Censor Board.

In the UK, Paramount Pictures says it will arrange a pre-screening for Hindus before the film opens in August.

Mike Myers has pointed out that the religion lampooned in the film is a “mythical creation - it’s like the Force in Star Wars”.

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