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A woman filed a PIL in the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday,seeking an immediate ban on Bollywood songs Munni Badnam Hui and Sheila Ki Jawani,alleging that the songs were against decency and morality. As an interim relief,petitioner Nutan Thakur requested the court to stop the release of the film Tees Maar Khan,as long as Sheila Ki Jawaani was not removed from the film. She also appealed for a stop the screening and public exhibition of Dabangg,as long as Munni Badnaam Hui was not deleted from the movie.

In her PIL,which will come up for hearing after the winter vacation,Thakur through her counsel Ashok Pandey has sought an order to immediately stop the public exhibition of the two songs,as they have a bad impact on the society.

Producers of Tees Maar Khan Twinkle Khanna,Shirish Kunder and Ronnie Screwvala,its director Farah Khan,producers of Dabangg Arbaaz Khan,Malaika Arora Khan and Dhillin Mehta,its director Abhinav Kashyap,Censor Board and the Union of India through the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting have been made respondents in the PIL.

Thakur has alleged that in Dabangg and Tees Maar Khan as in almost all other Hindi films and movies in other languages many indecent,immoral and vulgar songs,dialogues and visual representations were being disseminated to the public through channels of mass media before a certificate is issue according to law.

This is completely against Cinematography Act-1952 because in many cases,such songs,dances,scenes,dialogues do not get certificates later on. But by that time they have been publicly exhibited to a very large extent, she added.

Thakur has requested the court to direct the Censor Board and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to intervene and issue directives to filmmakers and all concerned bodies not to display anything (songs,dances,dialogues,audio inputs,sequences,prommos or other such materials of the film) before the required certificate is issued to these films.

She also argued that songs like Munni Badnam Hui and Sheila Ki Jawaani are against decency,morality and public order and can incite commitment of offences.

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