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Substantiate how dialogue in Dhurandhar defamed Baloch community: Gujarat HC to petitioners | Ahmedabad News

Substantiate how dialogue in Dhurandhar defamed Baloch community: Gujarat HC to petitioners | Ahmedabad News

THE GUJARAT High Court (HC) on Wednesday asked two petitioners from Gandhinagar to “substantiate” how dialogue pertaining to the Baloch spoken in the recently-released film Dhurandhar had “defamed” the entire community. The Gujarat HC was hearing a petition filed by two members of the Baloch community that sought directions to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and the filmmakers to remove the contentious dialogue from the film as well as its promotions. Justice A P Mayee was hearing a petition filed by Yasin Allarakha Baloch as well as Ayub Balekhan Baloch – who identified himself as the member of a community Trust, on Wednesday, in which the petitioners have raised objection to a dialogue delivered in the film by a policeman character played by actor Sanjay Dutt. The petitioners contended that the dialogue, which makes reference to their community, had been spoken in a “derogatory and contemptuous manner” and hurt the sentiments while “showing the community in poor light and also defaming the community.” The petitioners’ counsel submitted before the court that the Baloch …