Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narottam Mishra has objected to actor Deepika Padukoneโs attire in the โBesharam Rangโ album song from Pathan, which also stars Shah Rukh Khan.
โPathaan will not be released in Madhya Pradesh unless the outfits and scenes in the film are changed, the actor has disrespected the religious colour (saffron colour). The visuals in songs reflect the mentality of makers of the film,โ said the Minister.
Further Minister Narottam Mishra added that the costumes and scenes should be corrected or deleted. Otherwise, the Madhya Pradesh government will have to take a call on whether the film should be banned.
In a tweet, Mishra called actor Deepika Padukone a supporter of the tukde-tukde gang. โThe costumes are highly objectionable, and the song was shot with a dirty mindset,โ he said.
The โtukde-tukde gangโ comment was coined in the aftermath of a protest in JNU in Delhi in 2016 and mostly used by BJP leaders.
The minister was enraged by the filmโs use of saffron bikini that is being worn by actor Deepika Padukone in Besharam Rang album song.
Narottam Mishraโs statement came after a song, โBesharam Rangโ, featuring actor Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan-starrer was released on December 12.
Narottam Mishra is not the only one who has criticised the song Just after the release of the song โBoycottPathanโ was trending on Twitter. Netizens slammed the songs calling itโagainst Indian cultureโ and โvulgarโ.
Earlier in October, Mishra had also warned the makers of the Bollywood film โAdipurushโ, based on the Ramayana, of legal action if scenes showing Hindu religious figures in the โwrongโ way are not removed.
In July, he told the police to file a case over a poster of filmmaker Leena Manimekalaiโs documentary โKaaliโ after outrage from rightwing groups.
The Movie Pathan is scheduled to release next year, on January 25.
