Mayawati bans 'Aaja Nachle' for derogatory song
The film, which marks the return of Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit, was released on Friday and expected to be a hit at the box office.
Mayawati also shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to ban the movie across the country.
The chief minister has taken strong exception to a particular line in a song, which, according to her, was derogatory to a section of Dalits.
Principal secretary to the chief minister Shailesh Krishna told IANS: "A song in the movie contained certain derogatory insinuations against a particular Dalit community, which was also in violation of the spirit of the Indian Constitution."
Confirming enforcement of the government order, Lucknow District Magistrate Chandra Bhanu said: "We have already ensured that the screening of the film is stopped with immediate effect."
According to him, "All current shows of the film in different movie halls have been stopped."
Punjab too bans Aaja Nachle
The Punjab government banned Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie Aaja Nachle on Saturday over an alleged derogatory insinuation to Dalits in a song. Uttar Pradesh has already banned the movie.
The Punjab government acted against Aaja Nachle even as the movie’s producers had announced the deletion of the ‘derogatory’ lines in the wake of the UP action.
source:sify.com
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