Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj on Friday said screening of Hindi film Kedarnath has been stopped across the state, a day after the state High Court dismissed a plea seeking to ban the movie. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar said the film has been banned in seven districts.
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat chaired a meeting on Thursday evening after a committee headed by Maharaj submitted a report and decided not to officially ban the movie. The state, however, asked district magistrates to decide on the matter depending on the situation in areas under their jurisdiction.
“Our committee has forwarded our advice to chief minister & decided that law [and] order should be reviewed,” Maharaj told. “We asked district magistrates to maintain peace [and] everyone has decided that Kedarnath movie should be banned. The movie is banned everywhere in state.”
The movie stars actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan and is set in the backdrop of the 2013 deluge that ravaged the state.
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