'John's Satyameva Jayate hurts religious sentiments': Hyderabad BJP leader files FIR

Mumbai: John Abraham is  surely making  news  this year, and  not always  in a good way. His  forthcoming film Satyamev Jayate which  is scheduled for an August 15 release, is in trouble. 

The BJP minority Front General Secretary Syed Ali Jafri has filed an FIR against the  film for hurting religious sentiments. The FIR filed from Hyderabad alleges that the Holy festival of Muharram has been projected in a bad light in the trailer of the film.

While the film’s director Milap Milan  Zaveri refrained from comment a senior member of the Central Board Of  Film Certification said: "Let the  film come to us. We will get an expert panel to view  it. If the panel feels  the  reference  to Muharram  is actually offensive then we will immediately remove  it. The  CBFC  is very clear on religious matters. No community must be offended in the name of freedom  of expression."

Former  chief of  the  CBFC Pahlaj Nihalani opines that shots which are likely to hurt religious sentiments are removed without debate or dispute. 

"We were  instructed by  the  I & B ministry  to  remove anything that  could hurt religious sentiments," he said.