The
Delhi
High
Court
Wednesday
dismissed
a
PIL
seeking
a
ban
on
the
release
of
Homi
Adajania's
movie
Finding
Fanny
due
to
the
use
of
the
word
"fanny".
A
division
bench
of
Chief
Justice
E.G.
Rohini
and
Justice
R.S.
Endlaw
found
nothing
wrong
with
the
title
and
refused
to
stay
its
release
Friday.
Additional
Solicitor
General
Sanjay
Jain
opposed
the
plea,
saying
the
censor
board
had
passed
the
film
after
due
consideration
and
no
obscenity
was
found
in
it.
The
film
stars
Deepika
Padukone
and
Arjun
Kapoor.
The
public
interest
litigation
also
challenged
the
UA
certificate
given
to
the
movie,
which
also
stars
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Dimple
Kapadia
and
Pankaj
Kapoor.
The
PIL,
filed
by
Nandini
Tiwari
and
NGO
Jai
Jagriti
Foundation
through
lawyer
Abhishek
Krishna,
said
the
word
"fanny" was
a
slang
and
should
be
removed
from
the
movie,
songs,
posters
and
banners.
It
said
the
dictionary
meaning
of
the
word
"fanny" was
sexually
explicit,
and
using
the
word
in
the
movie
would
hurt
the
feelings
of
people.
Tiwari,
a
mother
of
a
four-year-old,
said
allowing
such
words
in
films
and
television
would
pollute
children's
minds.
The
PIL
was
filed
against
the
information
and
broadcasting
ministry,
and
the
film's
producer,
director
and
actors.