Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has pulled up the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), over ‘objectionable’ scenes in the film ‘Oppenheimer’. As per reports, Thakur is upset at the CBFC over a scene in the film where a woman is seen reciting from the Hindu sacred text Bhagavad Gita during a sex scene.

The minister has demanded absolute accountability from the CBFC and has directed it to delete the scene from the movie.

Thakur reportedly has also warned that stringent action will be taken against all CBFC members involved in approving the screening of the movie.

He expressed his displeasure over the CBFC’s failure to safeguard the interests of the public, emphasizing that such negligence cannot be overlooked. He asserted that the board members would be held responsible for their actions.

Earlier, Information Commissioner of the Union government Uday Mahurkar also voiced his misgivings over the scene and hit out at the filmmaker.

“It has come to our notice that the movie ‘Oppenheimer’ contains a scene which makes a scathing attack on Hinduism. As per social media reports, a scene in the movie shows a woman making a man read Bhagwad Geeta aloud while indulging in sexual intercourse. She is seen holding a copy of the Bhagwad Geeta in one hand.. this is a direct assault on (the) religious beliefs of a billion tolerant Hindus.” he said in a tweet.

”This should be investigated by the I&B Ministry on an urgent basis and those involved should be severely punished. As observed by Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur-ji recently and even by our courts in the last couple of years, what we get in the name of entertainment is often insensitive to our culture and the sentiments of our people,” Mahurkar added.

Oppenheimer is an epic biographical thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is based on the 2005 biography ‘American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin about J. Robert Oppenheimer, called the father of the atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who was pivotal in developing the first nuclear weapons. The movie stars Cillian Murphy in the titular role.