Screening of Bollywood flick ''God Tussi Great Ho'' halted
Dubai, Aug 18 (UNI) The UAE government has stopped the screening of Salman Khan starrer ''God Tussi Great Ho'', saying it violated Islamic teachings.
The National Media Council, the media watch dog that doubles up as censor board, yesterday withdrew the recently-released Bollywood movie from all UAE cinemas.
''God Tussi Great Ho'' is the story of Arun Prajapati (Salman Khan) who loses his balance in life, his job, his girl (Priyanka Chopra) and for all his losses, he blames ''God''. With all his bickerings, ''God'' decides to meet Arun face to face and endows him with divine powers, challenges to take on the big job and see if he can do it any better.
Cinemas received orders from the council to stop the screening of the movie, which also stars actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, with immediate effect.
A
senior
official
at
the
council
said
cinema-goers
had
submitted
scores
of
complaints
regarding
the
content
of
the
film.
Those
who
saw
the
movie
told
the
authorities
that
they
were
shocked
to
find
that
Bachchan
played
the
role
of
"God",
a
newspaper
said.
UNI
XC
SB
RAI1041