‘Attack on Hinduism’: Oppenheimer gets backlash over Bhagavad Gita in sex scene

Okay, this is getting huge now, Oppenheimer is becoming one of the blockbusters of 2023, but in India, it is expected to face severe backlash from some Indian moviegoers. Yes! the biopic of Robert Oppenheimer, the mind behind the world’s first atomic bomb, released on Friday, is now becoming a bombshell for its makers over […]

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Okay, this is getting huge now, Oppenheimer is becoming one of the blockbusters of 2023, but in India, it is expected to face severe backlash from some Indian moviegoers. Yes! the biopic of Robert Oppenheimer, the mind behind the world’s first atomic bomb, released on Friday, is now becoming a bombshell for its makers over one scene in Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus film that hasn’t gone down well with some Indians.

In a press release shared by ‘Save Culture Save India Foundation, an information Officer with the government of India, Uday Mahurkar said, “One is perplexed as to how the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) could approve the movie with this scene.”

Here’s the press release:

“A scene in the movie shows a woman make a man read Bhagwad Geeta aloud while getting over him and doing sexual intercourse… This should be investigated by the I & B Ministry on an urgent basis and those involved should be severely punished,” the press statement by ‘Save Culture Save India Foundation adds.

For those who are unaware, Nolan’s epic film, Oppenheimer is the first movie directed by Christopher Nolan to have an R-rating. But if we talk about India, the Indian censor board gave the film a U/A rating after the studio cut some shots of the sex scene to reduce its length. According to reports, the cuts were made by the studio themselves because they did not think the censor board would allow the scene.