According to the TOI report, Jalandhar police registered under Article 299 (BNS) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), a case that deals with intentional and malicious behaviors aimed at undermining religious sentiment. The film’s director Gopichand Malineni and his producers were also nominated in the complaint.
The complainant claimed that a scene in the film, released on April 10, “has seriously hurt the religious sentiment of the entire Christian community.” He claims the film does not respect Jesus Christ.
He also claimed that the filmmakers chose to release the film during the sacred periods of Good Friday and Easter to incite the Christian community and cause unrest in the country.
Sunny Deol plays the lead in Jaat, an action movie that features Randeep Hooda as the main villain. The cast also includes Vineet Kumar Singh, Saiyami Kher, Regina Cassandra, Prashant Bajaj, Zarina Wahab and Jagapathi Babu.
Jaat marks the debut of Gopichand Malineni’s Hindi director, known for Telugu movies like Don Seechu, Bodyguard and Veera Simha Reddy. The film was produced by Mythri filmmakers and people’s media factory and released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on its opening weekend, Jaat made 32 crore rupees at the box office. On Thursday, Sunny Deol confirmed that he would return with a sequel titled Jaat 2.
