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Christopher Nolan’s _Oppenheimer _opened in theatres across the globe on July 21. Even though the film doing well at the India, it has received criticism for a scene in which a verse from
the Bhagavad Giita in mention during a sex scene. Now Uday Mahurkar has weighed in on the matter. He is a scholar of Modern Indian History 2 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW In an exclusive
conversation with _Republic Media Network_, Mahurkar talked about_ Oppenheimer_'s controversial scene with a Bhagavad Gita connect and stated that it was a deliberate move to promote
the film. He said, “There was an intent to add something titillating, which would help in the promotions of the film because that particular scene had no connection to Oppenheimer. Secondly,
Gita is a holy book for the Hindu community that has a message for the entire world. How can you show this book in that manner? It’s not something casual, it was deliberate. Why deliberate?
That can be a point of debate. Was it to hurt the sentiment of the Hindu community or its not? It was certainly added with a view to promote the film, there cannot be any other reason.”
Mahurkar further added that he is not against the movie as a whole just has problems with the sex scene. “We thought we cannot remain silent and we decided to protest,” he concluded.
Earlier, Union Minister Anurag Thakur also expressed his unhappiness over the contentious scene in _Oppenheimer. _He asked for the said sequence to be removed from the movie. He conveyed his
concerns directly to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and made it clear that scenes deemed offensive or disrespectful to religious sentiments, particularly those linked to the
Bhagavad Gita, will not be tolerated.