Swara Bhasker slams Uttarakhand’s decision to ban Kedarnath movie

Swara Bhaskar, a Bollywood actress who is known to raise her voice against injustice has once again raised objection pertaining to Kedarnath ban.

Taking to microblogging site, Bhasker wrote: “Sad and shameful that our filmmakers & producers who pay such heavy taxes on the films their make; are rendered vulnerable to all kinds of arbitrary ‘hurt sentiments’ and random bigotry… sometimes by elected govt.s. Democracy? A free country? Anyone???”

Sad and shameful that our filmmakers & producers who pay such heavy taxes on the films their make; are rendered vulnerable to all kinds of arbitrary ‘hurt sentiments’ and random bigotry… sometimes by elected govt.s. Democracy? A free country? Anyone??? https://t.co/hls3IFuyKt

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) December 9, 2018

It is to be noted that the movie Kedarnath, a romantic film has been a topic of discussion since its trailer was released. The movie stars Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput.

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Recently in an interview to news agency PTI, Sara Ali Khan said that she was disheartened by the ban, as the idea behind the film is “not to divide but unite people.”

Apparently, the film has been banned in seven districts of Uttarakhand, after fierce protests. Director Abhishek Kapoor took to social media requesting Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to let the film get released in the state.

“I plead with the Uttarakhand govt to please lift the ban on my film #kedarnath. It’s an attempt to bring peace, harmony and healing to the people of this country. Please don’t deprive us of this opportunity. @tsrawatbjp @RonnieScrewvala,” the director tweeted.

I plead with the uttarakhand govt to pls lift the ban on my film #kedarnath. Its an attempt to bring peace, harmony and healing to the people of this country. Pls dont deprive us of this opportunity. @tsrawatbjp @RonnieScrewvala

— Abhishek Kapoor (@Abhishekapoor) December 8, 2018

“The dream was that I could pass on this story to some people. We shot the film in Uttarakhand, we stayed there for 40 days, I have the best memories of my career there. It is very disheartening to not give back to them because they have given me so much. And that is the only real regret,” Sara told PTI.

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