The song had originally been sung by Mohammed Rafi for the 1960 film Kohinoor
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has given Bollywood star Sunny Leone and music composer Saqib Toshi 72 hours to take down a music video of the actor’s “obscene” dance to a song – “madhuban mein Radhika naache” – from the 1960 film Kohinoor.
Mr Mishra – who has threatened with legal action, including a jewellery collection by designer Sabyasachi – has claimed the video that accompanies the song hurts Hindu sentiments.
“Some people continuously hurt Hindu sentiments… there are temples for Radha (Lord Krishna’s wife) … we pray to her. Saqib Toshi can make songs concerning his religion, but such songs offend us. I will take legal advice and action will be taken if the video is not taken down in three days,” he said.
The Madhya Pradesh minister isn’t the only person demanding action against Ms Leone and Mr Toshi’s video.
“We will go to court if the government does not act against the actress and ban her video album,” a Sant Naval Giri Maharaj from UP’s Vrindavan was quoted by news agency PTI yesterday, demanding a public apology from Ms Leone before she is ‘allowed to stay’ in the country.
The song in question was released by Saregama Music Wednesday and features Sunny Leone dancing to the song – viewed by some as describing the love between Krishna and Radha – that has been sung by Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty.
Last month Sabyasachi has to withdraw a campaign because of objections. Minister declared jewellery collection as “obscene”. The designer – a global brand – pulled promotional material for his mangalsutra collecti
