Bombay HC scraps pleas against use of words including 'Kamathipura' in Gangubai Kathiawadi
India Today
Bombay High Court has scrapped the pleas against the use of certain words in the upcoming film Gangubai Kathiawadi.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief and dismissed three petitions filed seeking deletion of the words 'Kamathipura', 'Kathiawadi' and 'China' from the Hindi movie Gangubai Kathiawadi slated for release on February 25.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing two public interest litigations (PILs) - filed by city MLA Amin Patel and one Hiten Mehta - and another petition submitted by Shraddha Surve, a resident of the Kamathipura area in south Mumbai.
None of the petitions sought a stay on the release of the movie, featuring
Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn, among others, but pleaded that certain "objectionable" words be deleted or replaced.
Surve, in her petition, objected to the use of the area's (Kamathipura) name in the movie claiming it shows the place in a bad light which may besmirch and defame the residents there.
Her advocate Yogesh Naidu on Wednesday said the name 'Kamathipura',
where a number of brothels operated in the past, should be replaced.
