By NNN-PTI,
Washington : Hindu groups in the United States today asked the Federal Communications Commission to “intervene” and block the release of the comedy-packed Hollywood movie “The Love Guru”.
Hindu Janjagruti Samiti in a communique to the government agency, entrusted with regulating communications, said: “the movie hurts sentiments of the community as it pokes fun of the guru-disciple relationship”.
“The movie will end up on TV and Cable at a later date, further penetrating the myths about the sacred concept of the Guru, and hurting religious and spiritual sentiments,” Bhavna Shinde of the Samiti said.
The Samiti had earlier asked film distributors, theatres and organisations “to stop distributing or screening the movie till Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes, so that it does not hurt sentiments of the Hindu community”.
‘The Love Guru’, a comedy starring Mike Myers (of Austin Powers fame), Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake and Ben Kinsley, is set to be released on June 20 next.
The story revolves around an American, raised in an ashram in India, moves back to the US as ‘Guru Pitka’ to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality.