Delhi High Court Issues New Directive To Pathaan Makers; SRK¡¯s Film To Release On OTT In April
SRK and Deepika starrer Pathaan served with fresh directives from Delhi High Court in order to make the film more inclusive.
A few days down the lane for Pathaan¡¯s release, this Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer has received a list of fresh directives from the Delhi High Court. It was recently when after a series of amendments suggested by the Central Board of Film Certification that the makers were seeing a clear release. But now, this Siddharth Anand directorial is back on a rough patch!
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Interestingly, the fresh directives wouldn¡¯t trouble the makers as it is a list of suggestions that will make the film more inclusive for varied audiences.
While hearing a plea that sought to make Pathaan¡¯s captions accessible for visually and hearing-impaired persons, the court issued its directives. The court was moved by various PwDs, including a law student, lawyers and the Executive Director of the National Association for the Deaf, seeking enforcement of various rights and accessibility requirements as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Their plea sought the inclusion of audio description, close captioning and subtitles in the film. Justice Prathiba M Singh of Delhi HC directed the producer Yash Raj Films to prepare an audio description, close captioning and subtitles of the movie within two weeks and submit it again to the CBFC for a decision on re-certification by February 20.
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Delhi High Court has directed that a decision on the recertification of the film be taken by March 10 for its OTT release.
The court hasn¡¯t issued any directives for Pathaan¡¯s theatrical release but eyes an inclusive OTT availability of the film on Amazon Prime Video by late April. Other than SRK and Deepika, Pathaan also stars John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana in the lead roles.
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¡°In the context of films ... special measures would have to be taken for the hearing and visually impaired persons in as much as the experience of watching a film in the movie theatre cannot be denied to such persons,¡± the court said as per live law. in. Pathaan hit theatres on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
Yash Raj Studios organizes a private screening of Pathaan for Shah Rukh Khan and his family.
As per a report by ETimes, presumably at Yash Raj Studios, a private family screening was arranged that saw Khan with his wife Gauri, kids Suhana and Aryan, Gauri's mother Savita Chhibber and Shahrukh¡¯s sister Shehnaz Khan in attendance. Pathan marks SRK¡¯s return to the big screen after a hiatus of four years.
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Aditya Sagar is an Entertainment Journalist at Indiatimes who holds a true-blue Bollywood heart and has his ears tuned to the whispers of Tinseltown. From Dharma to Drama, he is your trusted guide to the glitz, glamour and gossip that make headlines. He can be reached out @theadityasagar across all social media platforms.
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