| Sunny Deol -The release of Mohalla Assi, a satirical film starring Sunny Deol, loosely based on Dr Kashinath Singh’s popular novel, Kashi Ka Assi, was stayed by a Delhi court in June 2015, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Deol plays a Sanskrit teacher in the film, which is set in Varanasi and is a satire on the commercialisation of religious cities and fake gurus. The film’s trailer was released on 12 June, 2015, and, shortly afterwards, an FIR was filed against Deol and the director of the film, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, for allegedly using abusive words in the film. Mohalla Assi was banned by the CBFC in April, 2016. |
