An NGO today urged Delhi High Court to ban a song of an upcoming Bollywood film on the grounds that it promotes liquor consumption and "maligns" a nursery rhyme.
The lyrics of the song -- 'Lalla Lalla Lori, Daaru Ki Katori' -- in the action-comedy movie 'Welcome 2 Karachi', starring Arshad Warsi, came under attack in a PIL filed by the petitioner NGO, Citizens for Better India. The film is set to be released next week.
The plea was mentioned before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva, who asked the registry to list it before the appropriate bench tomorrow.
The court also observed that the song was not promoting consumption of liquor, as was being contended by the NGO.
In its plea filed through Human Rights Law Network, the petitioner has claimed that the song is "highly objectionable as it will have an extremely negative effect on the society and especially the children, and also promotes consumption of intoxicating drinks which are injurious to health".
It has sought directions to the Centre, Delhi government, Censor Board and Pooja Entertainment And Films Ltd, producers of the film, "to ensure the removal of the song from the movie and to stop its immediate advertisements on TV channels".
The NGO also alleged that a nursery rhyme has been "maligned" and the song also amounts to "surrogate advertisement" for liquor which was "completely banned as per the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Amendment Act".
The petition has sought ban on the sale of audio CDs containing the song as well as restraint on its playing or broadcast on television or radio.
