Legal Notice Served To ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Team; Know Why

Mumbai: The much talked-about ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, which hit theatres on June 27, has landed in legal trouble.

A notice has been served to the producers and actors alleging that the film has hurt religious sentiments of Hindus.

Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod served the legal notice through Supreme Court advocate Ujjawal Anand Sharma, reported ANI.

Written and directed by Nag Ashwin, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ stars Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone. Kamal Haasan and Disha Patani. The sci-fi action adventure has been made on a humongous budget of Rs 600 crore by Vyjayanthi Movies.

“India is a land of emotions, faith and devotion. The values of Santana Dharma should not be tampered with. The scriptures of Sanatana should not be altered. Lord Kalki Narayan is at the center of our faith. He is considered the final incarnation of Lord Vishnu,” Pramod said.

“Much is written about the incarnation of Kalki in the Puranas, and based on this, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Shri Kalki Dham on February 19,” he added.

Pramod claimed that the film goes against what is described in the scriptures.

“The film is hurting our religious sentiments. Therefore, we have noted some objections and are waiting for a response. Playing with the sentiments of Hindus has become a pastime for filmmakers. Saints are portrayed as demons. Freedom of expression does not mean that you can play with our faith,” Pramod claimed.

“Your movie has changed the basic concept about Lord Kalki, from what has been written and explained in Hindu puranic scriptures and, for the said reasons, the portrayal and depiction of the story of Lord Kalki is wholly inaccurate and also blatantly disrespectful to these sacred texts which are central to the religious beliefs and practices of a vast number of devotees, numbering in hundreds of crores,” the notice stated.

“Such a depiction has already led to confusion and further has the propensity to irretrievably tarnish the mythology and ethos of Lord Kalki in the hearts and minds of devout Hindus, which will lead to misunderstanding, misinterpretation and subsequent erosion of the Hindu faith, thereby causing extreme distress to the faith and religious sentiments of our client, and needless to say, of the wider Hindu community at large,” it pointed out.