On Thursday, a Nepal court overturned the ban on Hindi films, including the Prabhas-starring Adipurush, and urged officials not to suspend the showing of any films that had been approved by the nations censor board.Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu, ordered a ban on all Hindi films after a dialogue from the movie Adipurush in which Sita is referred to as “Indias daughter” caused controversy.On Thursday, Shah said he was ready to take any punishment but wouldnt allow the movie to be shown because it was about “Nepals sovereignty and independence”.pic.twitter.com/LpVn6Cogns— Balen Shah (@ShahBalen) June 18, 2023The screening of films with censor board approval shall not be banned, according to a short-term ruling given by a single bench of the Patan High Court judge Dhir Bahadur Chand.The petitioners are awaiting a written order from the court, according to Bhaskar Dhungana, president of the Nepal Motion Picture Association, who also informed the media. “Now well watch every movie that the censor approved,” he said.Following an uproar over its dialogue, which included the reference to Sita (played by Kriti Sanon) as “Indias daughter,” Adipurush and other Hindi films were banned in Nepal on Monday. Many people believe that Sita, also known as Janaki, was born in Janakpur in southeast Nepal.
