A
petition
was
filed
in
the
Delhi
High
Court
Tuesday
seeking
a
ban
on
the
release
of
director
Homi
Adajania's
new
movie
Finding
Fanny
starring
Deepika
Padukone
and
Arjun
Kapoor,
due
to
the
use
of
"vulgar
word
'fanny'".
The
public
interest
litigation
(PIL)
also
challenged
the
UA
certificate
given
to
Finding
Fanny,
which
is
scheduled
to
release
Friday.
The
film
also
stars
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Dimple
Kapadia
and
Pankaj
Kapoor.
The
plea
would
come
up
for
hearing
Wednesday
before
a
division
bench
of
Chief
Justice
G.
Rohini
and
Justice
R.S
Endlaw.
The
PIL
filed
by
Nandini
Tiwari
and
NGO
Jai
Jagriti
Foundation
through
their
lawyer
Abhishek
Krishna
said
the
word
"fanny" was
a
slang
and
should
be
removed
from
the
movie,
its
songs,
posters
and
banners.
It
said
the
dictionary
meaning
of
the
word
"fanny" was
highly
sexually
explicit,
and
using
the
word
in
the
movie
will
hurt
the
feelings
of
the
citizens
of
India,
especially
minor
children.
Tiwari,
mother
of
a
four-year-old,
said
allowing
such
words
in
films
and
television
will
pollute
children's
minds.
Questioning
the
UA
certificate,
the
plea
sought
a
ban
on
the
film's
release
and
direction
to
the
filmmakers
to
delete
the
word
"fanny"
from
the
movie,
songs
and
posters.
The
plea
was
filed
against
the
information
and
broadcasting
ministry,
the
film's
producer,
director
and
actors.