IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 26330 of 2008 Between: Ravinuthala Shashidhar S/o. R. Venkata Chary R/o. Plot No. 9 & 26, Kamala Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Ministry of Information and Broad Casting Rep. by its Secretary, New Delhi. 2 Central Board for Film Certification, Rep. by its Chairman, Hyderabad. 3 Saritha Patra W/o. Prem Kumar Patra R/o. Flat No. 301, Bandari Residency, Uma Nagar Khundan Bagh, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 4 Saikiran Adivi 13-1-5/6/13/3, Avanthi Nagar, Thota , Mothinagar, Hyderabad. 5 The Station House Officer, Saroornagar Police Station, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandmaus direct the respondents to stop the running of the Movie till all the objectionable portions edited in the Movie and also the Caption and Title Changes in the Movie forthwith and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.RAMACHANDRA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) This is a public interest litigation wherein it has been submitted that the film ‘Vinayakudu’ is likely to hurt the feelings of Hindus because, according to the petitioner, some of the dialogues are such which adversely affect the sentiments of Hindus and, therefore, name of the film be changed and till then the film may not be permitted to be screened. No details with regard to any dialogue have been given. It appears from the record that a criminal complaint has been filed by someone against the Producer of the film on the subject matter of this petition. No details have been given as to which dialogue hurts the feelings of some section of the people. Moreover a criminal complaint has also been filed against the Producer and therefore, we do not find any substance in the petition. The petition stands dismissed with no order as to costs. _____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ __________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 3rd December, 2008 GRR