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, one scene in the Christopher Nolan epic hasn’t gone down well with 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’. The scene in question – Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) reading the Bhagavad Gita while having sex.
“A scene in the movie shows a woman make a man read Bhagwad Geeta aloud while getting over him and doing sexual intercourse… This should be investigated by I & B Ministry on an urgent basis and those involved should be severely punished,” the press statement by ‘Save Culture Save India Foundation adds.