Overview
- The court directed the filmmakers to delete a beef biryani scene and certain dialogues deemed demeaning to a cultural organisation, then resubmit the film to the CBFC.
- CBFC must issue a fresh certification decision within two weeks of re-submission, replacing its earlier order that required six cuts and an A-only certificate.
- Justice V. G. Arun viewed the movie and held that depictions such as a Christian girl wearing Muslim attire and a police-station sequence fall within permissible artistic freedom.
- The court questioned whether community “unease” can justify censorship, stressing that certification must align with constitutional principles of secularism and fraternity.
- Catholic Congress and an RSS office-bearer had intervened with objections to portrayals and themes, while the film’s September 12 release was postponed pending the dispute.