#NANAK SHAH FAKIR MOVIE MOVIE#
As many as 17 Sikh bodies alleging that movie had scenes that were “disrespectful to the Sikh Gurus” reportedly wrote to Peel Regional Office, Cineplex Inc, Albion Cinemas and Ontario Film Review Board to stop screening of the movie in Canada, decertify the film due to its “defamatroy and disrespectful nature”. The ripple effect of the controversy was felt not only in India but other countries having sizeable Sikh population. “Blasphemy is being committed, but Akal Takht is not acting to check that,” said Singh. This, despite Akal Takht chief claiming that Akal Takht was not backing the movie. “Stop release of Nanak Shah Fakir”., read the pamphlets, giving phone numbers of Akal Takht chief Giani Gurbachan Singh and film producer-director Harinder Singh Sikka, for writing request note and protest note, respectively in connection with the film.ĭal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh, the makers of movie were blatantly using the name of Akal Takht and claim to have “blessings of Akal Takht”, but Akal Takht was yet to issue any directions to “stop use of its name and seal of Akal Takht in film promotion”. “Portrayal of Guru Sahib and family strictly prohibited in Sikhism”. “We will not tolerate tempering of our beliefs”. In a related development, radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa which along with Damdami Taksal has already submitted a memorandum to Akal Takht chief against the movie, on Tuesday initiated a public campaign against the movie and distributed pamphlets to seek stopping the release of the movie. “SGPC also demands that two Sikh representatives be included in the Censor Board,” Makkar said. We demand an immediate ban on the film from union government and Censor Baord,” Makkar said, adding that in future anyone making Sikh religious film should first approcah SGPC to seek approval of the script and film should be screened before SGPC before the release for approval. Said SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar, “The human roles of Guru and his family members played in the film are against the Sikh tenets and the SGPC condemns it. Notably, the Sikh bodies including top representative body of Sikhs are citing Sikh tenets to hammer the point that no human can play the role of Sikh Guru. “Those who watched the movie had raised their concerns there and then including Harnam Singh Khalsa,” said Singh. But, the issue relating to some human being playing the role of Guru and his family was yet to be addressed,” said Akal Takht chief Giani Gurbachan Singh, who watched a special screening of the movie with a number of Sikh leaders including Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal head Harnam Singh Khalsa at Delhi some time back. There were some issues with gurbani, which were sorted out. And the producer had assured us that he would make the amends and would publicise the same through media. But, when movie was complete and we saw it, there were objectionale content. “We had praised the concept when it was told to us.
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