Aanand L Rai's upcoming film Zero recently got embroiled into controversy after Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary and BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa registered a criminal complaint against the makers for hurting Sikh religious sentiments. However, in a recent development, the film is out of troubled waters after Sirsa accepted the clarification offered by the film's makers.
He further applauded the maker's quick response and tweeted, "It's good you have clarified this in time. We accept your point. Anything that hurts religious sentiments should be clarified with clear communication."
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For the uninitiated, the Zero controversy started when Sirsa, in his complaint, alleged that one of the film’s posters shows SRK wearing a Gatra Kirpan (Sikh religious symbol) as an ordinary dagger and hence, was objectionable. But the makers issued an official statement soon after, in order to clarify that Shah Rukh is not wearing a Kirpan but a dagger popularly known as Katar, adding that they have no intention to hurt religious sentiments.
The PR team of Zero had wrote to Sirsa that no visual or image in the film depicted the Kirpan. "The images show a dagger popularly known as katar in the Indian-subcontinent and is nowhere close to a Kirpan that carries the distinguished blessing of being Khalsa. The team Zero clarifies that they have been careful not to hurt the feelings of community and any concerned caused is completely inadvertent," the statement added.
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Also starring Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif in pivotal roles, Zero is slated to release on December 21.
