Dhurandhar The Revenge: R Madhavan Issues Clarification Over Smoking While Reciting Gurbani, Tells Sikh Community “We Had No Intentions To Hurt Anyone”- Watch

Months after creating a riot with Dhurandhar, Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar The Revenge has taken over the globe with even more fervour. As the film aims at grossing more than Rs 1000 crore at the worldwide box office within a week of its release, a Sikh community leader has filed a police complaint over R Madhavan’s character – Ajay Sanyal, allegedly smoking a cigarette while reciting the sacred Gurbani.

Following the backlash, Madhavan has now taken to social media to issue a clarification and set the records straight. Scroll below to watch and read all he had to say.

R Madhavan Clarifies Dhurandhar 2 Had No Intentions To Hurt The Sikh Community

R Madhavan begins the video by saying, “Haali mein humko pata chala hai ki kuch logon ko iss baat se takleef hui hai ki iss film ke ek scene mein, Guru Gobind Singh ke Dasam Granth se kuch lines bolte waqt maine cigarette smoke ki hai aur isse unko thes pahunchi hai. Main aapko yakeen dilata hoon yeh bilkul sahi nahi hai. (Recently, we’ve learned that some people have been hurt by the fact that in one scene of this film, while reciting lines from Guru Gobind Singh’s Dasam Granth, I smoked a cigarette, and it pained them. I assure you, this is absolutely not right.)”

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He continues, “Thodi galatfehmi hai. Mujhe pura yakeen hai, yeh scene se pehle, yeh line bolne se pehle Aditya Dhar ji ne-jo mujhse zyada dhyaan rakhte hain inn sab cheezon ka-mujhe bola tha ki yeh line bolne se pehle, usse bahut pehle aap cigarette bujha dijiyega. Aur na aapke mooh se dhuaan niklega, na hi screen pe kahin dhuaan hoga, nahi aapke haath mein cigarette hogi. Kyunki yeh humaare liye bahut hi pavitra aur paak hai. (There’s a slight misunderstanding. I am absolutely certain that before this scene, Aditya Dhar ji—who pays more attention to all these things than I do—told me to put out the cigarette so that no smoke would come out of my mouth, nor would there be any smoke on screen, and I wouldn’t have a cigarette in my hand. Because this is extremely sacred and pure for us.)”

Madhavan: Maine Bakayda Cigarette Bujha Diya Tha

R Madhavan continues, “Toh maine bakayda cigarette bujha diya tha. Aur agar aap scene dekhenge, aapko dikhega nahi ki mere mooh se dhuaan nikal rahi hai, nahi frame mein kahin dhuaan hai, nahi woh scene end hone tak dhuaan ka naamo-nishaan kahin pe hai. Kyunki yeh humein pata hai, hum kisi ka dil dukhaana nahi chahte. Hum pure Sikh community ke saath hain. Aur hum unka bahut aadar karte hain. Main apne har film release ke pehle Golden Temple jaata hoon, yeh sabko pata hai. Humara yakeen maniye. (So, I had properly extinguished the cigarette. And if you watch the scene, you won’t see any smoke coming out of my mouth, nor is there smoke anywhere in the frame, nor is there any trace of smoke until the end of that scene. Because we know this—we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. We stand with the entire Sikh community. And we respect them a lot. I go to the Golden Temple before every film release of mine; everyone knows this. Please trust our belief)”

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He ends the video by saying that there was never an intention to hurt anyone. He repeats that it is possible he was holding a cigarette at the beginning of the scene -which he was- because his character smokes. But after that, there is no more of it throughout the scene.

Sikh Community Files FIR

For the unversed, a Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader named Gurjeet Singh Kher, recently took to Instagram and revealed that they had filed a police complaint against Dhurandhar 2. Accusing the film of hurting Sikh religious sentiments, the president of the Sikhs in Maharashtra organisation said, “Portraying a character, played by R Madhavan, speaking to Ranveer Singh while smoking a cigarette and reciting the sacred Gurbani ‘Soora so pehchaniye jo lade deen ke het’ from the Dasam Granth Sahib, authored by Guru Gobind Singh Ji, is deeply hurtful and unacceptable,” he said and then added, “Such irresponsible depiction reflects ignorance and a lack of sensitivity towards our faith.”

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In the video, the Sikh leader ademanded an apology from Aditya Dhar, R Madhavan and Ranveer Singh.

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