Mathura Priests Protest Against Sunny Leone's Dance On "Madhuban Mein Radhika"
Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha's national president Mahesh Pathak also reportedly said that Sunny has 'maligned the prestige of Brijbhumi' by presenting the song in a 'derogatory manner'.
Priests from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura have called for a ban on Sunny Leone¡¯s latest video album, accusing the Bollywood actress of hurting their religious feelings by performing an ¡°obscene¡± dance on the iconic ¡°Madhuban mein Radhika naache¡± song. The song had originally been sung by Mohammed Rafi for the 1960 film Kohinoor.
Calls for banning the album
"We will go to court if the government does not act against the actress and ban her video album," said Sant Naval Giri Maharaj of Vrindaban. Unless she withdraws the scene and tenders a public apology, she should not be allowed to remain in India, he said.
Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha's national president Mahesh Pathak also reportedly said that Sunny has 'maligned the prestige of Brijbhumi' by presenting the song in a 'derogatory manner'.
Saregama Music on Wednesday released its latest music video titled Madhuban which features Sunny Leone in the party number sung by Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty.
Netizens slam "sensual moves"
As the song is on the subject of love between Krishna and Radha, netizens too have slammed it for hurting Hindu sentiments due to "sensual" moves by the actor in her dance.
@SunnyLeone you hurting my religious sentiments first try to know Sri radhika culture,and compare with your song, now we can't tolerate this voulgur item songs which lyrics are related to my gods,don't forget we answer you later,have you dare to make song atleast on burkha? https://t.co/7pXiWZtpUF pic.twitter.com/SqyAnuFpuj
¡ª bajju (@yoddhahindkaa) December 22, 2021
Not at all interested cant u have some other name for the song or just the writer of song have some methods to defame madhuban and our radha maa at any cost
¡ª ?????? (@neelkantha_) December 22, 2021
And don't say that ohh this not to defame this is imaginary creation of song fed up from urduwood anti hindu narrative ?
#MadhubanSunnyLeone Again hurting our sentiments by making such lyrics on a shit dance !!
¡ª Indian (@ex_secular__) December 22, 2021
Do u know about our radhika ji? @SunnyLeone @TheKanikakapoor @saregamaglobal pic.twitter.com/LOmV3qLdlr
But it¡¯s not all brickbats for the song; it has also gathered a lot of praise from viewers, who think the pairing of actor Leone and vocalist Kapoor is a smash hit. ¡°Kanika¡¯s voice is perfect for Sunny Leone,¡± one user wrote in the comments section on YouTube.
Others too wrote prophetic tweets on how successful the new track is going to be.
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