Jyotishpeet Shankaracharya sets up ‘Dharam Censor Board’ to review films, web series on OTT- The New Indian Express
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LUCKNOW: Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Sarswati has arrange a ‘Dharam Censor Board’ to assessment and analyse the content material of movies and net collection on OTT hurting non secular sentiments within the title of leisure.
The board, the structure of which was introduced in Prayagraj, final week, was arrange in Haridwar on Sunday.
The seer stated that the central workplace of the ‘Dharam Censor Board’ also called ‘Dharam Shodhan Sewalaya’ can be inaugurated in Delhi on January 15. The tips can be launched on Magh Mela premises of Prayagraj on January 19. The censor board has come up amid the raging controversy over the track ‘Besharam Rang….’ of Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Pathan’. The film
is about for theatrical launch on January 25.
Considerably, a raging controversy is occurring over the Pathan track which options Deepika Padukone in saffron apparel. A lot of right-wing organisations objected to it whereas threatening to boycott the movie in theatres.
Based on sources, the 10-member Dharam Censor Board would have its places of work in several states. Based on Swami Avimukteshwaranand, the Dharam Censor Board would delve deep into the content material of movies, net collection, TV serials, and the varsity curriculum being provided. “It’s going to additionally look into the characters, their dialogues and supply, colors getting used and sequences being proven within the title of showbiz.
The Board will advocate motion on discovering the distortion of content material associated to Hinduism, Vedas and Puranas within the movies and serials,” stated the seer. He added that the board would additionally act below the ambit of legislation in opposition to these discovered mocking the Sanatan lifestyle or chanting the mantras flawed.
The seer stated that the board would additionally assist the filmmakers, who will probably be thinking about making religion-based movies, with content material and script. Swami Avimukteshwaranand has been appointed the patron of the Dharam Censor Board and Suresh Manchanda its media in cost.
The opposite Board members embody a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court docket Dr PN Mishra, Sanatan Dharm preacher Swami Chakrapani, litterateur Dr Neerja Madhav, actor Mansi Pandey, vp, UP Movie Growth Company, Tarun Rathi, social activist Capt Arvind Singh Bhadauria, Sanskrit litterateur Preeti Shukla, an knowledgeable on Sanatan Dharm, Dr Gargi Pundit and former director of Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI), Dr Dharmveer.
