ABVP announces bounty for Games of Ayodhya director

Leader offers 1L reward for chopping off hands of former MLC ` SC to hear today plea over film on ’ 13 riots

Even before the controversy over Padmavati could die down, the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad ( ABVP) has trained its guns on another upcoming film called Games of Ayodhya.

ABVP leader in Aligarh Amit Goswami has announced a reward of ` 1 lakh for chopping off the hands of the film’s director, Sunil Singh, who is also a former MLC and presently heads the Lok Dal.

The Games of Ayodhya is slated for release on December 8 after being cleared by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal ( FCAT). The Central Board of Film Certification has refused to clear the film for The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a writ petition from the producer of Hindi film Muzaffarnagar The Burning Love, which portrays love between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl, challenging the ban imposed on its release in eight districts of UP.

The petitioner, Morna Entertainment Pvt Ltd, said the film is a love sorry of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl set in the backdrop of Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013.

The film was granted “UA” certificate by the Censor Board to be shown to the audience as acceptable and without any objectionable material. The certificate also mentions the cuts and modifications imposed by the Censor Board, which has been duly carried out. It was released on November 17 all over India.

However, by an oral order, the authorities in the eight districts of UP, viz Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Shamli, Sahranpur, Haridwar, Bijnore, Bhaghpat and Ghaziabad have banned the release of this film citing law and order problem. In Haridwar the film was stopped after its initial release.

The petitioner, citing the recent orders passed by the apex court against the release of film Padmavati, submitted that there was no room for apprehension as the cuts had been duly carried out. release. The film apparently deals with the controversial subject of a Hindu- Muslim love story that is set against the backdrop of the Babri demolition in Ayodhya.

According to reports, the protagonist of the film is a journalist who was covering senior BJP leader L. K. Advani’s yatra during the temple movement. After his love story faces issues because of the demolition, he goes back to the yatra and discovers the political developments that led to the tragic event.

The director of the film, Sunil Singh, said that the Game of Ayodhya is based on Liberahan Commission’s report that the BJP has now dumped.

ABVP activist Amit Goswami told local reporters that the Lok Dal leader and former MLC wants to earn “cheap publicity”. He claimed that the movie wrongly shows that Lord Ram’s statue was installed in a “deceitful” manner in the temple ( disputed area) by Hindus.

He said that he will give ` 1 lakh to any person who chops off the arms of the director of the movie ( Sunil Singh). He said no Constitution or law allows anyone to hurt sentiments of any religion.

“If this film gets a release in the cinema halls then the administration and government will be responsible for any untoward incident that follows,” he warned.

The ABVP leader said that the state government should rethink before allowing the release of the movie. He threatened that if it is released in Aligarh then youth leaders and students will protest.

“I will kill him if I see him anywhere. He is trying to hurt our sentiments and we will never allow this. It is becoming a trend to malign Hindus through films,” he said.

The Uttar Pradesh police have issued an alert to all district police chiefs to be cautious at the time the movie is released in the state. This was confirmed by Aligarh SSP Rajesh Pandey.

◗ The film apparently deals with the controversial subject of a HinduMuslim love story that is set against the backdrop of the Babri demolition in Ayodhya