Kuwait bans Ajay’s ‘Thank God’

Ajay Devgn and Siddharth Malhotra starrer film ‘Thank God’ is not stopping the storm of controversies. This time the film was banned by the Kuwait Censor Board.

‘Thank God’ is slated to release on October 24. Before that, the future of the film is uncertain. A complaint has been filed against actors Ajay, Siddharth and director Indra Kumar for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Kuwait’s doors were closed soon after that incident.

A case has been filed in the court of Additional Magistrate Manika Mishra alleging that the film contains derogatory comments to the Kayastha community, which worships Lord Chitragupta. The magistrate fixed November 18, 2022 for recording the statement of the complainant Himanshu Srivastava in the civil court.

Ajay is seen in the role of Prabhu Chitragupta in the recently released ‘Thank God’. But wear blazers, pants and shirts.

Jhalak begins with an accident in Siddhartha’s life. After that he met Prabhu Chitragupta. The mythical character Siddhartha, played by Ajay, gives an account of the sins and virtues of this world. It is Chitragupta’s job to do. According to the popular belief, he is the one who calculates the results of karma and determines the position of people in the next world. It has been alleged that some scenes of the film have shown the Lord in a small way. The complainants also claimed that ‘offensive words’ were used.

The complainants include Anand Srivastava, Brijesh Nishad, Man Singh, Vinod Srivastava and Ravi Prakash Pal, who caught a glimpse of ‘Thank God’ online on September 10, around 5 pm. He also read newspapers about this. Then they feel that there is an attempt to spread hatred and insulting views in this film. They feel that the offensive scenes are filmed to earn profit and increase TRPs, which affects the communal harmony in a negative way. The complainants demanded punishment by summoning the accused in due course.

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