Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 14 (ANI): Filmmaker Prakash Jha is all set to helm a multilingual series on former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's life.

Bhopal : Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s book on Ayodhya – specifically two lines comparing “Hindutva” with radical Islamist terror groups – has found a new critic in Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra. Mr Mishra has slammed Mr Khurshid’s new book, calling it “condemnable” and hitting out at those who “don’t leave an opportunity to divide Hindus or divide our country”. “Salman Khurshid’s book is condemnable. They don’t leave an opportunity to divide Hindus into castes or to divide our county… Was Rahul Gandhi not the first to go to those who said ‘Bharat tere tukde honge‘?

Bhopal Oct 27 PTI An organization of religious leaders on Wednesday demanded that the cases registered against Bajrang Dal activists for allegedly ransacking the set of Prakash Jhas web series Ashram here be withdrawn and accused the Hindi film industry of portraying Hindu saints and Indian culture in the wrong wayThere was a global conspiracy to defame the Sanatan Dharma it saidAlleged Bajrang Dal activists on Sunday ransacked the set of the web series Ashram here and also threw ink at Prakash Jha its producer-director accusing him of portraying the Hindu community wronglyThe Aryawart Shatdarshan Sadhu Mandal Evam Acharya Parishad an organisation of Hindu religious leaders held a meeting on Wednesday and issued a statement accusing Bollywood of wrongly portraying Indian culture and Hindu saints and hurting religious sentiments during the past five decadesThe way an Ashram was depicted in the first two seasons of this web series is condemnable This is a global conspiracy to defame Sanatan Dharma the statement saidWhy Bollywood was afraid of making such films about other religions it askedSuch films should be stopped or Hindus will retaliate and the administration and Bollywood will be responsible for this it addedThe cases registered against Bajrang Dal activists who allegedly ransacked the set should be withdrawn the organization further demandedOn Monday Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra had said that producers and directors will have to inform the authorities about objectionable content or scenes in the script before seeking permission for shooting in the state Mishra also supported the Bajrang Dals demand to change the name of the web series Police have so far arrested four persons in connection with the attack on the set PTI ADU KRK KRK KRK

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): Consumer Goods Company Dabur India Limited has withdrawn an advertisement featuring a lesbian couple celebrating the Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth, hours after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra criticised it for showing "objectionable content" and said that legal steps would be taken if the advertisement was not withdrawn.

Filmmaker Prakash Jha was roughed up, his face smeared with ink on Sunday when a group of Bajrang Dal members went on a rampage on his set.  These days, there’s a lot of conversation around the ‘fringe’ becoming ‘mainstream’. As a civil society, there are certain limits upto which people could register their angst or protest against something or someone they find offensive. This is a mainstream discourse. However, this mainstream discourse appears to be deflecting towards more extreme form of protests as people engage in violence.

Bhopal Oct 25 PTI The Communist Party of India Marxist on Monday said the ransacking of the set of web series Ashram in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh by Bajrang Dal activists was not only an attack on the freedom of expression but on the Constitution as well MP CPIM general secretary Jaswinder Singh in a statement said unfortunately the government which had taken oath to protect the Constitution was ripping it to pieces The criminal and objectionable activities of the Sangh Parivar under the patronage of the BJP government were on the rise in Madhya Pradesh The incident was not just condemnable but worrisome as well he said adding that MP home minister Narottam Mishras statement protecting the attack and attackers was supplying fuel to the fire Earlier in the day Mishra had said he supported the Bajrang Dals demand that the name of the web series be changed from Ashram to something else as it hurt Hindu sentiments though he added that we consider the ransacking as wrong Singh said Mishra had thrown a challenge to the Censor Board Censor Board of Film Certificate by saying producers and directors will have to inform authorities about objectionable content or scenes in their stories before seeking permission for shooting in the state We are going to issue a permanent guideline following the dispute over the shooting of Ashram-3 Now the producer-director will need to show the script of the story to the administration before seeking permission if they are going to shoot objectionable scenes which hurt the sentiments of any religion Mishra had said Bajrang Dal activists on Sunday evening ransacked the set of the third season of web series Ashram and threw ink on its producer-director Prakash Jha after accusing him of portraying Hindus wrongly The windscreens of two crew buses were broken in stone pelting and one person was injured police had said PTI LAL BNM BNM BNM

A day after filmmaker Prakash Jha was assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists and his shooting set was vandalised in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Monday backed the demand of the right-wing group for the change of title of the series ‘Ashram’. Mishra while condemning the vandalism unleashed by Bajrang Dal activists at […]

On Sunday, a group of Bajrang Dal members went on a rampage on the set of filmmaker Prakash Jha where his web series, Ashram was being shot in Bhopal. They smeared ink on the filmmaker's face, the police said.

On Sunday, a group of Bajrang Dal members went on a rampage on the set of filmmaker Prakash Jha where his web series, Ashram was being shot in Bhopal. They smeared ink on the filmmaker's face, the police said.

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI The Producers Guild of India and Federation of Western India Cine Employees FWICE on Monday criticised the attack on filmmaker Prakash Jha and his crew while they were filming the third season of the series Aashram in Bhopal and said the government must take an action on such brazen acts of violence Bajrang Dal activists allegedly ransacked the set of the series and also threw ink on Jha its producer-director accusing him of portraying Hindus wronglyThe series features actor Bobby Deol in the lead as Baba Nirala a conmanAccording to the police the windscreens of two buses of the crew were broken in stone-pelting with Bajrang Dal threatening that it would not allow the shooting of this web series furtherIn a statement posted on Twitter the Producers Guild of India said it strongly condemns the brazen acts of violence harassment and vandalism faced by the crewUnfortunately this is not an isolated incident and the Guild is alarmed to note the frequency with which both the production and exhibition sectors are severely and illegally disrupted by various elements with impunityContent production contributes significantly to local economies generates employment and promotes tourism which is why authorities in India and across the world formulate policies to attract producers to their respective regions the statement readThe Guild said the least that production units should expect--more than incentives and benefits--is for the authorities to provide the guarantee of safety and security for their unitsWe urge the relevant authorities to take immediate and strict action against the perpetrators of these acts of violence and to bring them to justice the statement readIn another press statement the FWICE appealed to the government to take cognizance of the incident and initiate stringent action against those involved in the vandalismThe safety and security of our members is at high risk and increasing day by day due to such incidents and ignorance of the same by the respective authorities We look for justice The FWICE is and will always stand strongly with the ProducerDirector and their crew members and extends all its required support to eradicate such happenings from the otherwise peaceful Industry the statement readSuperintendent of Police SP Bhopal south Sai Krishna Thota told PTI that some people raised objections and staged protests over the name of the web series when its shooting was underwayBajrang Dal activists objected that this web series hurt the sentiments of Hindus as it contains obscene scenes he saidThe officer said that the windscreens of two buses were damaged due to stone pelting and one person was injured No person has been arrested in this regard so farAccording to eyewitnesses Bajrang Dal activists also raised slogans against Jha and Deol accusing them of hurting the Hindu sentimentsThe first and the second season of the series premiered last year on MX PlayerThe vandalism has been criticised by filmmakers Hansal Mehta Sanjay Gupta and othersScared silence and continued deference will only empower such hooligans and further such oppression But who will bell the cat Mehta captioned a news feedProducer Pritish Nandy tweeted There appears to be no end to these kind of attacks It is time the ministry spoke out and reined these guys in They are running amuck Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra also shared a news clip of the incident and wrote What This is terrible The industry has to get together otherwise do I have to state it Come on Associations Stand with your members Gupta reacted to the news by tweeting DISGUSTING PTI JUR BK BK