Chandigarh 19 March 2105: Making of movies on Sikh Guru s is against the Sikh traditions fixed by sikh Gurus.Sikh Rehat Marayada strictly prohibits idol worship as well as worship of the portraits of Sikh gurus, bhagats etc.oh Instead Sikhs and all the human beings are guided by guru granth sahib to follow the principle of presence of one supreme god who is free from birth and death. Recently film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ is being released and other such films are promoting irrational by a laity and promoting importance of portraits worship. Sikh organisations should come together to make people aware and censor the release of such films.
Guru Gobind Singh strictly ordered Sikhs to follow philosophy of Shabad instead of worshiping human bodies. So Sikhs should be aware of these kind of internal/hidden attacks and follow the Shabad Guru …these kind of movies shall be banned and resolution shall be passed ,not to make movies on Sikh gurus and other spiritual personality. An appeal from Sikh Youth Of Punjab to join hand to stop the release of movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakeer’.
As the makers of “Nanak Shah Fakir” have announced to release the film on April 17 various Sikh circles have expressed their concerns on this issue. In a recent blog naujawani.com blogger Harwinder Singh Mander said: “a trailer or selected clips from a film are not enough to determine whether it as a whole will make for satisfactory viewing; that would be akin to judging the proverbial book by its cover. However, one is able to ascertain how certain content will be presented both visually and audibly from such short clips, giving rise to the question of appropriateness and suitability. For many this will be an academic point of discussion, but I would argue that in the Sikh context such an intellectual debate is at the heartbeat of this very way of life and pervades every sphere of our existence – simply ignoring or even shutting down this conversation is as un-Sikh-like as it gets! In this light, some of the scenes depicted in ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ were incredibly troubling, if not unsurprising. The production company has made it clear that they have avoided portraying his face on screen so as not to cause disrespect by having an actor play the role. But it is an actor portraying the role; there is a voice that utters the words of Guru Nanak; and it doesn’t sound or look anything like Guru Nanak who is portrayed as the stereotypical Messiah […]” [Producing Sikh cinema, by Harwinder Singh Mander | Source: naujawani.com, published on 16 Mar, 2015. Source:http://naujawani.com/blog/producing-sikh-cinema (visit for full article).