A
day
after
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan's
upcoming
film's
title
was
changed
from
Loveratri
to
Loveyatri,
a
Hindu
outfit
told
the
Gujarat
High
Court
Wednesday
that
the
new
title
was
unacceptable
to
it.
The
city-based
Sanatan
Foundation
had
last
week
moved
a
Public
Interest
Litigation
(PIL)
seeking
change
of
the
title
and
some
content
of
the
film,
or
its
ban
for
"hurting
sentiments
of
Hindus".
The
outfit
told
the
court
Wednesday
that
the
new
film
title
was
not
acceptable
as
it
still
sounds
similar
to
Hindu
festival
'Navratri'.
The
petitioner's
lawyer
B
B
Agrawal
submitted
in
the
court
that
the
film's
tagline
-
a
journey
of
love
-
as
shown
in
its
posters
and
promotions
could
be
converted
into
"Love
Ki
Yatra".
Salman
Khan,
the
film's
producer,
had
Tuesday
announced
on
micro-blogging
site
Twitter
that
the
movie's
title
had
been
changed
to
Loveyatri,
from
Loveratri.
During
a
hearing
on
the
admission
of
the
PIL
Wednesday,
the
respondent
producer's
lawyer
told
the
court
that
the
litigation
was
"immature" as
the
movie
was
yet
to
get
a
certification
from
the
censor
board.
A
division
bench
of
Chief
Justice
R
Subhash
Reddy
and
Justice
V
M
Pancholi
directed
the
lawyer
representing
the
film's
producer
to
seek
instructions
regarding
the
content
of
the
movie,
and
asked
how
its
promos
were
released
without
certification
from
the
censor
board.
Justice
Reddy
also
said
that
if
needed
the
bench
will
watch
the
film.
The
movie
marks
the
debut
of
Salman
Khan's
brother-in-
law
Aayush
Sharma
and
actor
Warina
Hussain
and
is
set
against
the
backdrop
of
Navratri.
Directed
by
debutant
Abhiraj
Minawala,
the
film
is
slated
for
release
on
October
5.
The
PIL
had
urged
the
court
to
ask
the
film's
producers
to
change
its
title
and
remove
the
content
that
hurts
Hindu
sentiment
as
an
alternative
to
a
ban.
The
petitioner
claimed
that
the
film
will
offend
Hindus
upon
its
release.
It
claimed
that
the
film's
(original)
title
Loveratri
as
well
as
some
dialogues
shown
in
the
trailers
were
offensive.
The
PIL
contended
that
while
Navratri
is
a
pious
festival,
the
name
of
the
film
conveys
that
it
is
all
about
getting
"intimate".
"If
this
movie
is
allowed
to
be
viewed
in
cinemas
in
Gujarat,
it
will
leave
a
very
bad
impact
on
the
youngsters
and
the
public
at
large," it
claimed.
PTI