The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed the plea seeking ban on release of Bollywood movie Shorgul.The petition, filed by a social worker, had sought stay on the release of the movie alleging that certain scenes in it threatened to disturb social harmony.
The social worker, who as per reports is a local leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Meerut, filed the PIL after seeing the movie's trailer.
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The movie is scheduled to be released on June 24.
The movie, which features Jimmy Shergill and Ashutosh Rana in lead roles, is based on friendship between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl that snowballs into a political issue leading to unrest and chaos in society.
