Divya Khosla Kumar, Meezaan Jafri, and Pearl V Puri's film Yaariyan 2 landed into controversy after the Sikh religious community Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) accused the makers of objectional use of Sikh Kakkar Kirpan.
Yaariyan 2 makers are facing legal trouble as reportedly arrest warrants against director and actor have beein issued over ‘objectionable’ kirpan scenes. As per media reports, Punjab Police has arrived in Mumbai to arrest director Vinay Sapru and actor Meezaan Jafri.
Divya Khosla Kumar, Meezaan Jafri, and Pearl V Puri-starrer Yaariyan 2 has landed into controversy after the Sikh religious community Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) accused the makers of objectional use of Sikh Kakkar Kirpan in the song Saure Ghar. The makers recently released he first song of the film, titled Saure Ghar.
However, the song didn't go well with the Sikh organisation as they raised an objection stating that in a few scenes, the Sikh Kakaar (symbol of Sikh faith) Kirpan is worn by Meezan in an 'objectionable manner.'
SGPC tweeted about the same on their Twitter and requested the government officials to look into the matter and pull down the song from YouTube and other streaming platforms, or else legal action would be taken for hurting religious sentiments. The official handle of SGPC tweeted, "We raise our strong objection to these visuals filmed, published in 'Saure Ghar' song of 'Yaariyan 2' film directed by Radhika Rao & Vinay Sapru @SapruAndRao, as actor is seen wearing Sikh Kakaar (symbol of Sikh faith) Kirpan in a highly objectionable manner which cannot be accepted. This has seriously hurt the religious sentiments of Sikh community across the globe."
They further tweeted, "Only an initiated Sikh has the right to wear Kirpan as per Sikh Code of Conduct of Akal Takht Sahib and the right given by the Constitution of India. This video song is public at the official @YouTube channel of @TSeries, which must take it down with immediate effect. If any other platform is used to publish this video song with the said objectionable scenes must also take it down. We are immediately raising this objection through all channels to the Government and digital platforms. We request @MIB_India and @GoI_MeitY to ensure that this objectionable video or any of such unacceptable scenes of the said film are not cleared for release by the Censor Board of Film Certification. If the videos are not taken down from public view, we shall initiate the legal proceedings are per law for hurting the religious sentiments of the minority Sikh community."
Soon after SGPC's tweet, the director-duo Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru issued a statement, and said that Meezaan wasn't wearing Kirpan but a khukri. Sharing the statement on Twitter, that reads, "We would like to clarify that the actor in the song is wearing a khukri and not a Kirpan. In fact, the dialogues in the film make it explicitly clear that it is a Khukri."
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