On April 10, the Supreme Court had criticised SGPC, for imposing restrictions on the film Nanak Shah Fakir and cleared the decks for its nationwide release on April 13.
The SGPC, the apex religious body of Sikhs, had appealed members of the community to wear black turbans today as a mark of protest. Gyani Gurbachan Singh, Jathedar of the Takht had yesterday announced the decision to ex-communicate Sikka from the Sikh Panth. In Haryana, Sikhs protested against the movie at several places, including Sirsa, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra.Īlso read| Nanak Shah Fakir: Everything you want to know about the Guru Nanak Dev film Protest against the movie was also staged at Ferozepur. There were also reports of protests by Sikhs in Jalandhar where a group burnt an effigy of the film’s producer Harinder Sikka. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) run local education institutes remained closed today to protest against the movie. The Takht had imposed a ban on the release of Nanak Shah Fakir after it contended that showing Sikh gurus in living form cannot be permitted. However, if you want to watch the movie, you may head over to Shalimar Mall in Sector 5, Panchkula.The protest is not for harassing anybody, they said. Despite the ban in Punjab, movie ran successfully all over India and abroad on the first day. Nanak Shah Fakir has received 72% love on Book My Show and a rating of Super Hit Movie from those who have seen it.Ĭhandigarh being a Union Territory of India, should not have banned the movie just because Punjab has done so. It seems that Chandigarh Administration had to implement the ban on the screening of Nanak Shah Fakir under pressure from Punjab Government. Punjab is the only state in India where the movie Nanak Shah Fakir has been banned due to agitations from SGPC and Dal Khalsa.
Fans were disheartened by this decision as the cinemas still carry the posters and standees of the movie. Chandigarh Administration has finally taken a decision of suspending the movie for 2 months on the same line as it has been suspended by the Punjab government.Ĭinemas in Chandigarh had already geared up for the release of Nanak Shah Fakir on Friday, 17th of April when the orders of banning the movie in Chandigarh were announced by the Chandigarh Administration. Nanak Shah Fakir, the Hindi movie on the life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji has been banned in Chandigarh a day after it was banned in Punjab.
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