An outfit called Hindu IT Cell has complained to the L.T. Marg police station in Bombay against the producers and others associated with Annapoorani – The Goddess Of Food, “an anti-Hindu film” streaming on Netflix. Social worker and Hindu activist Ramesh Solanki, on behalf of the outfit, said that the film, available on Netflix and produced by Zee Studios, Trident Arts and Naad Studios, demeans our Prabhu Shri Ram and is intentionally released to hurt Hindu sentiments and demean Hindus and Bhagwan Shri Ram.
The complaint lists down the various scenes which have been found to be objectionable by the Hindu IT Cell:
1) Daughter of a temple priest offers namaz wearing a hijab, before making biryani in the last scene of the film;
2) the film promotes love jihad. The actress’ friend, Farhaan, brainwashes her to cut meat because he says, Bhagwan Shri Ram and Maa Sita also ate meat;
3) the actress doesn’t go to the temple but goes to Farhaan’s place for iftaari;
4) visuals of the girl’s father doing sandhya and grandmother doing mala are intercut with their daughter eating and consuming meat;
5) the actress’ father is a temple priest, making bhog for Bhagwan Vishnu since seven generations but his daughter is shown to cook meat, fall in love with Muslim, goes for Ramzan iftaar and offers namaz.
The complaint requests that an FIR be registered against director Nilesh Krishna, actor Nayanthara, producers Jatin Sethi, R. Ravindran and Punit Goenka, Shariq Patel (CBO, Zee Studios) and Monika Shergill (India head, Netflix).