New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes will summon the people associated with the title song of the film Aaja Nachle for its “objectionable” lyrics.
"We will summon all the people who have performed, written and cleared the lyrics as well as the producer and director," Commission Chairperson Buta Singh told PTI. "The damage has already been done. The lyrics go against the two laws passed by Parliament and the Constitution itself."
The Commission would issue summons on Monday and demand written affidavits. The controversy relates to a line in the song which says: "Bazar mein machi hai maramar; bole mochi bhi khud ko sunhar" (There is so much chaos in the market that even a cobbler is calling himself a jeweller).
IANS reports trouble first erupted when Udit Raj, who heads the Indian Justice Party, on Friday led a demonstration in front of a movie hall in New Delhi where the film was being screened.
The controversy reached Parliament on Saturday when Lok Sabha MP Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India alleged the title song humiliated Dalits and demanded that the film be banned.
He was supported by CPI-M MP Mohd. Salim who said writers and poets, besides the government and the Censor Board, should be more sensitive.
Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told the House the Centre's role was limited to production and censoring while exhibition of films was under state govermments' jurisdiction.
"Government does not interfere in the functioning of the Censor Board which is headed by eminent film personality Sharmila Tagore. The appellate board, where anyone can appeal, is headed by senior judge Usha Mehra," he said adding no one had approached the appellate board so far.
Dasmunsi said the film’s producer had agreed to delete the lyrics from the song. Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said protests were made and corrective actions carried out.
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