Overview

• The CBFC cited threats to public order as its reason for denying certificates for the film, trailer and songs despite the source book’s long public availability
• Filmmakers argue the board rejected their certification applications without viewing any footage
• Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela Gokhale will hear the producers’ fresh petition on August 1 and have issued notice to the CBFC for its response
• The movie adapts Shantanu Gupta’s 2017 public-domain biography, which faced no objections in eight years
• Directed by Ravindra Gautam and produced by Ritu Mengi, the multilingual biopic stars Anant Joshi as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath