Mahant Paramhans Acharya made a controversial statement by saying that he would burn Shah Rukh Khan alive if he ever met him.
Amid the Pathaan controversy, Mahant Paramhans Acharya, a seer of Ayodhya Tapasvi Chhavni, speaking to a media outlet, said that the saffron color has been insulted in the ‘Besharam Rang’ song of the Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer movie. According to reports, Mahant Paramhans Acharya also made a controversial statement by saying that he would burn Shah Rukh Khan alive if he ever met him.
Paramhans Acharya was recently in the news with his “Jal Samadhi” statement.
The seer also said that if the ‘Pathaan’ film was released in theatres, he would set them on fire. Paramhans Acharya also called Shahrukh a ”Jihadi” and appealed to people to boycott ‘Pathaan`.
Before this, the priest of Hanuman Garhi, Mahant Raju Das, had also protested against the controversial song.
How controversy erupted with Pathaan
Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer, the first song of Pathaan movie “Besharam Rang” premiered on 12th of December 2022 under Yash Raj Productions and went on with big controversy. As per the latest, the Besharam Rang song has crossed 95 million views on YouTube.
Due to the outfit and color of clothes in the song, Controversy erupted.
Political Outburst
Many BJP leaders and right-wing Hindu organizations have protested against the saffron-colored bikini of Deepika Padukone in the alleged song and warned the filmmakers to cut out the objectionable content, which hurts religious sentiment.
CM Bhupesh Baghel also said that saffron is the sign of a fire and the sacrifice.
The Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Narottam Mishra, has also raised strong objections to the use of the saffron color in the scene and told the makers to correct the costume; otherwise, it will be banned in Madhya Pradesh. He also hit back at Deepika for this and told her she was a supporter of the “Tukre-Tukre” gang.
Reaction of SRK amid the controversy
With the ongoing controversy, Pathaan producers have yet to respond to criticism. At a recent event in Kolkata, Shah Rukh spoke out about the hostility on social media.
Amid the controversy, Shah Rukh Khan said that Pathaan is a very patriotic movie during his social media interaction. Without talking directly about the debate, Shah Rukh Khan spoke about how negativity increases social media consumption at the Kolkata International Film Festival.
Deepika Padukone was seen unveiling the FIFA World Cup trophy on Sunday and was trolled for her costume again.
Shahrukh with new milestone
Shah Rukh has recently set a new benchmark as he surpassed all his contemporaries in Indian cinema to become the only Bollywood superstar featured in a globally prominent entertainment magazine’s 50 Greatest Actors of All Time List. King Khan is the only Indian superstar actor to earn this extraordinary accolade.
Case Registered Against Pathaan’s star In Mumbai
A written complaint has been received by the Mumbai police in the linkage with the actress Deepika Padukone’s use of saffron bikini in the ‘Besharam Rang’ song. The complaint was filed on Saturday against lead star cast, director and producer of the film for deliberately using the saffron color bikini to hurt the religious sentiment of Hindu, a sakinaka Police Station officials said.
New song to be Launched on December 22
Amid the ongoing criticism, another song, ’Jhoome Jo Pathaan’ of film Pathaan is set to release on December 22. Film Pathaan is going to release on 25th of January 2024.
