The recently-released Gujarati film Sarhad Ni Paar Mari Radha has prompted protests from a section of the minority community. The film revolves around a love story in the backdrop of the India-Pakistan rhetoric. The objection has come from the All India Minority Cell, Loktantrik Janata Front, New Delhi. The Muslim body has demanded that the Central Board of Film Certification and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi immediately ban the film from public screening in its present form to avoid communal tension between the communities.
The cell has also raised questions on the working pattern of CBFC. “It is unbelievable to discover how blindly the Central Board of Film Certification gave its nod to screening of the film for public viewing without anticipating the possible threats. The film contains highly objectionable, inflammatory and provocative scenes and dialogues that go against the religious traditions and emotions of minorities,” the cell said in a press statement.