Saregama Music on Wednesday launched its newest music video titled Madhuban, starring Sunny Leone
Bhopal:
Music label Saregama on Sunday mentioned the corporate will “change” the title and lyrics of the track “madhuban mein Radhika naache” after Madhya Pradesh House Minister Narottam Mishra alleged the music video – which options Bollywood actor Sunny Leone – had damage Hindus’ spiritual sentiments.
“In mild of latest suggestions and respecting the feelings of our fellow countrymen, we will probably be altering the lyrics and title of the track ‘madhuban…’. The brand new track will substitute the previous throughout all platforms over the following three days,” Saregama mentioned.
Narottam Mishra had given Ms Leone three days to take down the “obscene” music video.
Mr Mishra – who provides Ms Leone to a growing list of brands and artistic content he deems objectionable and has threatened with authorized motion, together with a jewelry assortment by designer Sabyasachi – claimed the video that accompanies the track hurts Hindu sentiments.
“Some folks repeatedly damage Hindu sentiments… there are temples for Radha… we pray to her. Saqib Toshi (the music composer) could make songs regarding his faith, however such songs offend us. I’ll take authorized recommendation and motion will probably be taken if the video will not be taken down in three days,” he mentioned.
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The Madhya Pradesh minister wasn’t the one one that demanded motion in opposition to Ms Leone and Mr Toshi’s video; Hindu priests from Uttar Pradesh have also spoken out.
“We are going to go to courtroom if the federal government doesn’t act in opposition to the actress and ban her video album,” a Sant Naval Giri Maharaj from UP’s Vrindavan was quoted by information company PTI yesterday, demanding a public apology from Ms Leone earlier than she is ‘allowed to remain’ within the nation.
The track in query was launched Wednesday and options Ms Leone dancing to a track seen by some as describing the love between Krishna and Radha.
The track is sung by Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty.
Earlier this month Narottam Mishra hit out at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for his invitation to stand-up comics Kunal Kamra and Munawar Faruqui – who have faced cancellation of shows after strain from the BJP and right-wing teams.
Last month Mr Mishra fired another warning – to designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee – over a jewelry assortment he declared was “obscene”. The designer – a worldwide model – pulled promotional materials for his mangalsutra assortment after Mr Mishra threatened him with police motion.
Earlier than that Mr Mishra lashed out at a Karva Chauth ad from Dabur, considered one of India’s largest client manufacturers, and earlier additionally attacked Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha over the filming of an internet collection.
On that event Mr Mishra stopped just short of defending the violence that happened on the units; males from Bajrang Dal – a right-wing group with ties to the ruling BJP – manhandled the movie crew.
With enter from PTI