Wednesday, December 15, 2010

2001-2010: 10 Years Of Controversies



Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie, Aaja Nachle, fell foul of caste pundits with song lyrics that translated as "There is chaos in the neighborhood, even the Mochi (Cobbler) calls himself a Sunar (Goldsmith'). Dalit groups claimed that the song implied that mochis were inferior to sunars. Uttar Pradesh banned the movie on the day it released with Punjab and Haryana following suit. It took a written apology and a change of lyrics to have the ban removed

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