Upset At Bhagavad Gita In 'Oppenheimer' Sex Scene, Minister Demand Cuts

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur today pulled up the film certification body, popularly called the censor board, over 'objectionable' scenes in 'Oppenheimer' film which released in India last weekend. Sources said Mr Thakur is upset at the Central Board of Film Certification over a scene in the film where a woman is seen reciting from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu religious text, while having sex.

Questioning how it was allowed to remain, Mr Thakur has asked for the scene to be deleted from the film. Sources say action could be initiated against some officials who are seen as responsible for it.

The biopic of Robert Oppenheimer, the mind behind the world's first atomic bomb, released on Friday. While the film has set the box office ringing, the controversial scene in the Christopher Nolan epic has enraged some Indian movie-goers.

"One is perplexed as to how the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) could approve the movie with this scene," said Uday Mahurkar, Information Commissioner with the government of India, sharing a press release by the 'Save Culture Save India Foundation'.