 "Gujarat HC rejects plea seeking ban on Kedarnath for hurting religious sentiments, dubs it a 'publicity stunt'")
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a ban on the release of Bollywood film _Kedarnath_ and said it was merely a “publicity stunt” by the petitioner. [caption id=“attachment_5632521” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  A still from Kedarnath. YouTube[/caption] The film, which stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan, is slated to release this Friday on 7 December. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A S Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav dismissed the PIL that sought a ban on the release of the movie saying that it hurt the “religious sentiments” of Hindus. Prakash Rajput, president of International Hindu Sena, had filed the plea claiming that the movie hurt the sentiments of Hindus as it featured a Muslim boy falling in love with a Hindu girl. In the petition, he alleged the movie also featured kissing scenes at Kedarnath, a revered site, which also hurt the sentiments of Hindus. Coming down heavily on the petitioner, the court said the PIL was nothing but a “publicity stunt”. It also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, the movie shows a wealthy Hindu girl falling in love with a Muslim guide during a tour of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. Kedarnath is produced by Pragya Kapoor’s Guy in the Sky Pictures and Ronnie Screwvala’s RSVP Movies. With inputs from Press Trust of India.
The court imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the petitioner for alleging that the movie featured kissing scenes at Kedarnath, which hurt the sentiments of Hindus.
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