Kaali: Before Leena, these directors were trapped by making films on gods and goddesses, this was how they got rid of controversies
The documentary 'Kaali' is in controversy these days due to its objectionable poster. The poster of this documentary shows the actress in the avatar of Maa kali smoking a cigarette and holding an LGBTQ flag in the other hand, which the documentary's director Leena Manimekalai is heavily criticized. FIRs have been lodged against Leena in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
However, this is not the first case when a director has been embroiled in controversies because of his film. Even before this, many directors have been accused of hurting religious sentiments through films. Let us tell you about those films and their directors.
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's 'Brahmastra' is one of the much-awaited films of the year 2022, which is releasing on 9th september on the Pan india level. The trailer of this film came out some time back, in which ranbir kapoor was seen wearing shoes and ringing the temple bell, due to which the film was accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Not only this, 'Boycott Brahmastra' started trending on Twitter, after which the director of the film ayan mukerji had to come forward and clarify.
Ayan had told that in the film Ranbir is not entering the temple but in the durga puja pandal.
The film 'PK', released in the year 2018, earned a bumper at the box office, but before its release, this film also had to face a lot of controversies. There were many such scenes in the film, due to which the film's director Rajkumar Hirani and actor aamir khan were heavily criticized. In this film, some customs of religions were shown as superstitions. However, gradually the controversy related to this film itself was pacified.
The film 'Padmavat' is also included in this list, before its release, there was a lot of uproar across the country. The story of the film is based on the queen Padmavati of Chittor and was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. people alleged that the image of rani Padmavati was being maligned through this film. In such a situation, people fiercely criticized sanjay leela bhansali and the film's actress deepika Padukone.
At the same time, the name of the film was changed to get out of this whole ruckus. Initially, the name of the film was 'Padmavati', which was changed to 'Padmaavat'.
Hinduism was featured in the 2012 film 'OMG - Oh My God'. Many good and bad things were talked about in the film, but there was also a controversy over this film made on religion. The film, directed by Umesh Shukla, was accused of hurting religious sentiments. Not only this but a complaint was also filed against the star cast. The film was also banned in UAE. However, gradually the controversy related to this film also calmed down.
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