NEW DELHI, You cannot denigrate a section of society by using such a title, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday while rapping filmmaker Neeraj Pandey in his film ‘Ghoskhor Pandit’.
You can’t demean a section of society with headlines like: SC raps Neeraj Pandey in ‘Ghoskhor Pandit’The apex court was hearing a plea seeking a stay on the release of the Manoj Vajpayee-starrer film on OTT platform Netflix.
A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuiyan issued notice on a petition against the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Central Board for Film Certification and Pandey Cinema.
“Why would you demean a section of society by using such a title. It is against morality and public order. We will not let you release the film unless you tell us the changed title,” the bench said.
The apex court directed Pandey to file an affidavit that the film ‘Ghuskhor Pandat’ does not denigrate any section of the society.
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The hearing will be held again on February 19.
The petition alleged that the movie promotes caste and religion-based stereotyping and threatens public order, communal harmony and constitutional values.
Produced by filmmaker Neeraj Pandey, ‘Ghuskhor Pandat’ was recently announced by Netflix at an event in Mumbai.
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The film stars Nushrat Bharuchcha, Shakib Saleem, Akshay Oberoi and Divya Dutt alongside Manoj Vajpayee.
The top court was hearing a PIL filed by Atul Mishra, secretary of the National Organization of Brahmin Samaj in India, seeking a direction to stay the release of the movie, which was scheduled to be streamed on Netflix.
The petition alleged that the title and plot of the movie are primarily offensive and derogatory, portraying the Brahmin community in a defamatory manner.
The PIL objected to the use of “Pandat”, a caste and religion-identifying title, along with “Ghoskhor”, which connotes bribery and moral corruption.
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