‘Annapoorani’ controversy: Why Nayanthara's film is under fire | Explained
Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai booked for promoting religious enmity "We raised the objections about two major scenes. One involves the portrayal of Bhagwan Ram, depicting him, Sita, and Lakshma consuming non-vegetarian food.
This dialogue was spoken to a Hindu girl to persuade her to cook and eat non-veg food. The worst part is during a cooking festival, a Muslim character convinces her, and she asks, 'How do you make such good biryani?' He replies, 'The taste improves when you cook it after praying,' and then she performs namaz before making biryani, implying that it becomes tastier.
This is secretly mocking and ridiculing Hindu dharma, which will not be tolerated," VHP spokesperson Sriraj Nair told Times of India. This week on Wednesday, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a hardline Hindu organisation shouted slogans against Netflix and the movie at the company's Mumbai office.
'Annapoorani' features Nayanthara, Sathyaraja, Jai, Achyuth Kumar, KS Ravikumar, Karthik Kumar, and Renuka in pivotal roles. Annapoorani controversy: Netflix takes down movie, Zee Studios issues apology Netflix and rivals like Amazon and Disney have often been at the receiving end of criticism from hardline religious groups in India, one of the world's biggest streaming markets.
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