‘Nanak Shah Fakir’: Sikh organisations warn theatre owners against screening

Tribune News Service

Nabha, April 11

Resentment among Sikh organisations about the order of the apex court to screen Punjabi film ‘Nanak  Shah Fakir’ is increasing with each passing day as Sikh bodies have warned theatre owners across the country against screening of the film.

Sikh preacher Kashmira Singh Alhoran said duplicate characters of religious gurus in the film was not acceptable to the Sikh community.

He said theatres screening the controversial film would be responsible if any untoward incident happens in any part of the country. He warned that the Sikh community would not hesitate to make sacrifices in such matters.

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on April 9 had imposed a ban on the release of the controversial movie, stating that showing Sikh gurus in living form could not be permitted. The jathedar had said the issue relating to human beings playing the role of the Guru and his family in the film has not been addressed.

Kashmira Singh said they honour the orders passed by the Supreme Court directing states to make elaborate security arrangements near theatres across the country but Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, had already issued an edict banning the film from screening.

He said various Sikh organisations had already decided to boycott the film and warned that if any theatre tried to screen the film its owner would be responsible for spreading of any violence.