DSGMC warns against release of movie “Santa Banta pvt. ltd.”

After “Santa Banta Jokes, Hindi movie “Santa Banta pvt. ltd.”

Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has issued a warning against the release of “Santa Banta pvt. ltd” The committee claimed that in the movie Sikh characters are represented as “funny” characters and hurt the sentiments of Sikhs. Talking to TOI on Thursday, DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK said that the recent poster of the movie released by producers had shown Sikhs as “ridicules” and in poor light. He said they had written to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Chairman Pahlaj Nihalani and chief executive officer (CEO) Manish Desai to ban the movie’s title.

DGSMC has written to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh seeking his intervention to stop release of the movie. Featuring Boman Irani and Vir Das, “Santa Banta pvt. Ltd” is produced by Viacom18 Media Private Limited and Cinetek. The film is directed by Akashdeep Sabir. The movie, which also features Neha Dupia, is scheduled to be released on April, 11. The “Santa Banta pvt. Ltd. “ poster released a few days ago features two turbaned Sikh characters standing on a beach holiday resort wearing coats and underwears with smoke billowing from the pistols held by both of them.

“This is a deliberate attempt to mock Sikhs”, Manjit claimed while questioning. “How many times have you seen gun wielding persons wearing coats and underwears?” He said that instead of Sikh’s valour, sacrifices for the nation, the movie markers were looking for scripts which showed them in poor light and represented them as “funny cartoon characters”

~ Source: Times of India