

Secondly, our onus is to get the film censored and certified by the CBFC which is the sole body to decide on the film and thirdly, we all are creative people and we are Indians first. “Firstly till date, nobody has approached us with anything that we can clarify. Kedarnath priests demand a ban on Sushant Singh Rajput & Sara Ali Khans film claim it promotes Love Jihad. Ever since the trailer and teaser of Kedarnath hit the web, priests from the shrine-town have been wildly protesting against the film, saying that it is a case of 'love-jihad. The makers defended the film, which features Sushant Singh Rajput and marks the Bollywood debut of Sara Ali Khan, daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh. Kedarnath, starring Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput, is a love story set against the backdrop of catastrophic floods that had almost destroyed the town in 2013. The movie was a subject of many controversies while it was being. The same ppl who wanted to boycott him for dropping his surname and supposedly promoting love Jihad in Kedarnath movie when he was alive are using his death to spread hate against others. As a result, the film was banned in the state of Uttarakhand. Abhishek Kapoors Kedarnath is set to release on December 7 and will have Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan in the lead. The film presents the love story of a Hindu tourist Mukku (played by Sara Ali Khan), who is on a pilgrimage to the hill shrine of Kedarnath, and, Mansoor, a Muslim (played by Sushant Singh Rajput). At the Kedarnath trailer launch, film’s makers - producer Ronnie Screwvala and director Abhishek Kapoor - responded to the accusation from a BJP leader that the film promotes ‘love jihad’. A few weeks before release, priests of Kedarnath Temple demanded the films boycott as they believed it promoted Love Jihad, and a Bharatiya Janata Party leader also urged for a ban.
