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Movie Shikara sails through J-K High Court hurdle as court quashes plea seeking stay on release 2/7/2020 2:02:20 PM New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a stay on the release of Vidhu Vinod Chopra-directed Shikara. The movie uses a love story to depict the exodus of Kashmiri pundits from the erstwhile state in 1990. The petition was filed by three social activists seeking a stay on the release of the movie arguing that is it is not based on facts and being “communal” in nature. "In view of the averments made in the petition and the relief claimed, we feel that there is a real urgency involved in the matter and that the response of the official respondents should be obtained in the context of the interim relief prayed for by the petitioners," a division bench of Justices A M Magray and D S Thakur said in the order while issuing notices to the Centre and the Union Territory administration. “We want the Kashmiri Pandits to come back. We don't want any tension between communities: Iftikhar Misgar, petitioner told Times Now after J&K HC’s dismissal of the plea against the film 'Shikara'. Filmmaker Ashok Pandit hailed the HC’s decision stating, “Nobody can dictate the timing of the release of a film”. Shikara – an untold albeit ‘controversial’ story of Kashmiri pandits The petitioners while filing the PIL sought a review and “editing” of “objectionable” scenes and depictions which they alleged blamed the entire Kashmiri population for the exodus of the Hindu community members from the Valley in 1990. The petition also argued that the trailers being shown on the television indicate that the movie has potential for “communal polarisation”. The petitioners had urged the HC to direct director Vidhu Vinod Chopra to withhold the release of the movie till February 7 till it is reviewed, scrutinised and censored by appropriate authorities.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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