‘Oppenheimer’ sex scene involving sacred text sparks backlash in India

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Oppenheimer in which Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh’s characters read a sacred Hindu text in bed has sparked controversy and reports of censorship in India.The scene in question sees J.

Robert Oppenheimer (Murphy) recite a verse from Hindu scripture The Bhagavad Gita to lover Jean Tatlock (Pugh) during intercourse.In a letter addressed to director Christopher Nolan shared on Twitter, India’s Information Commissioner and Save Culture Save India Foundation founder Uday Mahurkar described the scene as a “scathing attack on Hinduism”.Posted to Twitter on Saturday (July 22), the letter reads: “As per social media reports, a scene in the movie shows a woman makes a man read Bhagwad Geeta aloud while getting over him and doing sexual intercourse.

She is holding Bhagwad Geeta in one hand, and the other hands seems to be adjusting the position of their reproductive organs.It goes on to describe The Bhagwad Geeta as “one of the most revered scriptures of Hinduism”.“We do not know the motivation and logic behind this unnecessary scene on life of a scientist.

But this is a direct assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant Hindus, rather it amounts to waging a war on the Hindu community and almost appears to be part of a larger conspiracy by anti-Hindu forces.”The letter also asked why the film industry is “very sensitive about the fact that Quran and Islam is not depicted in any manner that may offend the value system of a common Muslim”, but why “the same courtesy” is not extended to Hindus.In continued: “You have great admiration in India for your art of filmmaking.