Article 15: Director Anubhav Sinha Reacts To Karni Sena's Threats!

Anubhav Sinha's latest film 'Article 15' starring Ayushmann Khurrana has hit a controversy after a fringe outfit named Parshuram Sena alleged that the film shows Brahmins in poor light. Now in the latest turn of events, the Karni Sena too has objected to the film and threatened to disallow the film's screening in cinema halls.

Meanwhile, the director has dismissed all allegations of the film being disrespectful towards Brahmins, stating that there are a lot of Brahmins associated with the making of the film, who would have objected had the said allegations been true.

He further revealed that the film has been cleared by the Central Bureau of Film Certification with a U/A certificate.

Sinha was quoted as saying, "It's time people respected such institutions[People] can disagree, but such overt threats must stop, once and for all. Filmmakers can't be constantly bullied. He further stated that he does not seek the police to intervene immediately, as the threats are in the public domain.

Ayushmann Khurrana too has spoken about the reports of Brahmins in UP being upset over the portrayal of their community in the film. The actor had said that such accusations against the film are untrue. "They have to realise that what they are doing is redundant and a waste of time and energy, they need to see the film and then realise what is right and wrong. In fact, Article 15 has already been certified by the CBFC, which is known to be strict with sensitive content," he was quoted as saying by PTI.

Before Article 15, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor too had to face the irk of Karna Sena after they raised objections to few scenes in the movie and even threatened to cut off Deepika's nose.

Coming back to Article 15, the film is loosely inspired 2014 Badaun rape case, where two girls were allegedly gang-raped and hanged to death from a tree.

It also stars Isha Talwar, Sayani Gupta, Manoj Pahwa Kumud Mishra, M Nassar, Ashish Verma, Sushil Pandey, Shubrajyoti Bharat, Ronjini Chakraborty, and Zeeshan Ayyub.