Rekha, Rishi Kapoor dodge controversy at Golden temple
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Officials of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) are in a fix following actors Rekha and Rishi Kapoor, who were shooting for a Hindi feature film, “Sadiyaan,” at the Golden Temple, putting “kadah prasad” in the mouth of each other.
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Sikh intellectual Balwant Singh Dhillon said, “It is not a picnic spot but the most revered place of Sikhs. The SGPC staff should give a briefing to the film crew before allowing them to shoot inside the temple.”
Golden Temple manager Harbhajan Singh said, “It was certainly a violation of maryada. Film shoots should not be allowed inside the temple. We will contemplate framing rules to avoid such violations in future.”
The director, Raj Kanwar, has apologised and said that such incidents will not take place again and the shot will not be shown in the film," said A S Makkar, president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak committee. "As far as we are concerned, the matter is closed.