Did you know? No ban on Ram-Leela release, says lawyer

Shiv Sena had petitioned against the film's title, saying it was misleading in terms of religion and spirituality.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much talked about Ram Leela was recently in troubled waters over a controversy regarding the name of the film. Earlier, radical Indian political party Rashtravadi Shiv Sena filed a petition against the title of the film rendering it misleading in terms of religion and spirituality. However, according to the Times of India, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the petition.

Just when everything fell in place and the film was all set to release the coming weekend on November 15, a Delhi court stayed the release of the film. Six petitions were filed against the title of the film stating that Hindus associate it with their mythological God, Lord Ram, but the film is instead promoting vulgarity and violence. The petition demanded that the name of the film be changed to Goliyon Ki Raasleela. But the film has finally made it.

“There is no stay or injunction for release and exhibition of Goliyon ki Rasleela Ram-leela’,” said R.M. Azim, head of the legal team of Eros International Media Ltd, co-producer and distributor of the movie.

“The film, which has been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification under the Cinematograph Act, 1952, can be released and exhibited throughout the world unobstructed,” he said in a statement.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2013.

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