Radhika in Madhuban: Sunny Leone’s song in trouble
immediately after the actress Sunny LeoneThe latest song of ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika’ surfaced on YouTube, it has been surrounded by controversies. Sung by Kanika Kapoor, the song was released on 22 December. A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against Leone, among others, seeking a ban on the song as their dance performance “hurts religious sentiments”. The parties to the complaint are music company Saregama, Sunny Leone, lyricist Manoj Yadav and singers Sharib and Toshi, Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty. Not only this, netizens also shared their displeasure over the song.
The song is a reprized version of Mohammed Rafi’s song ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika Nache’ from Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari’s film Kohinoor. It was originally released in 1960 and has been a popular hit till date.
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Radhika dances in Madhuban: According to the complainant, “The lyrics, theme and seductive moves of Sunny Leone and her flamboyant performance on a song depicting the Hindu goddess Radha – also known as Radhika – are highly condemnable to Hindu belief.” and is degrading. and the sentiments of their community,” claimed lawyer Vineet Jindal in the complaint lodged with the Delhi Police.
The Bollywood actress has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus by performing obscene dance on the iconic ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika Naache’ and tarnished the reputation of Brijbhoomi by presenting the song in an objectionable manner. The song is on the theme of love of Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha. , whose pure divinity is of utmost importance to the Hindu community,” the complaint read.
Mahesh Pathak, National President of All India Teerth Purohit Mahasabha has said, ‘Sunny Leone has tarnished the reputation of Brijbhoomi by presenting the song in an ‘derogatory manner’. Also, Saint Naval Giri Maharaj of Vrindavan said, “We will go to court if the government doesn’t take action against the actress and ban her video album.” He said that Sunny should not be allowed to stay in India until she withdraws the video and apologizes publicly.
The words ‘Radhika dances in Madhuban’ evoke memories of the 1960 film Kohinoor. The song based on Hindustani classical music was composed by Naushad and sung by Mohammad Rafi. This song was sung by Dilip Kumar. But the new song is a peppy dance number by Leone. Apart from the rearranged opening songs, the rest has nothing to do with Dileep’s 1960 song.
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