Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is doing very well at the box office across the world. In India, Oppenheimer has done better than Barbie, the only international market where this has happened.
But one of its lovemaking sequences, featuring the film’s leading man Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh, has triggered an uproar.
The sequence shows Murphy reciting the Bhagavat Gita while making love to Pugh.
When the sequence came to light before the film’s release, it was presumed that the eyebrow-raising moment would be snipped off without a thought.
The censors had chosen to be liberal, and it has not gone down well with a section of the Indian audience, as well as Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
Thakur has taken a stern view of the controversial scene and demanded absolute accountability from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in response to the objectionable scene.
The minister has directed the film-makers to remove the controversial scene from the film.
He has also warned that stringent action will be taken against the CBFC members involved in approving the screening of the movie, as per sources.
Thakur expressed his displeasure over the CBFC’s failure to safeguard the interests of the public, emphasising that such negligence cannot be overlooked.