January 23rd, 2009
New Delhi, Akshay Kumar film Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) was banned in Himalayan country, Nepal following controversy over the place of birth of Gautam Buddha, the founder Buddhism.
Notwithstanding the fact that most people in Nepal are practicing Hindus like India they are still emotionally attached to Lord Buddha and respect him. They are also not prepared to give up the distinction of being the birthplace of the great reformer that Buddha was.
Gautam Buddha, also known as Śākyamuni or Shakyamuni ("sage of the Shakyas"), is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers.
Various collections of teachings attributed to Gautama were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later. Early Western scholarship tended to in large part accept the biography of the Buddha presented in the Buddhist scriptures, but "scholars are increasingly reluctant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life and teachings."
The Sensor Board in Nepal had first cleared the movie, but later went on to ban the movie following two big protests in the capital kathmandu.
All Kathmandu valley cinemas, from multiplexes like Jai Nepal, Kumari, Gopi Krishna and Barahi, to smaller ones like Guna and Ashta Narayan, hurriedly dropped the Akshay Kumar-Deepika Padukone starrer and began showing the earlier Bollywood release “Ghajini” or waited for another Bollywood film “Raaz” to be released Friday.
New Delhi, Akshay Kumar film Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C) was banned in Himalayan country, Nepal following controversy over the place of birth of Gautam Buddha, the founder Buddhism.
Notwithstanding the fact that most people in Nepal are practicing Hindus like India they are still emotionally attached to Lord Buddha and respect him. They are also not prepared to give up the distinction of being the birthplace of the great reformer that Buddha was.
Gautam Buddha, also known as Śākyamuni or Shakyamuni ("sage of the Shakyas"), is the key figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers.
Various collections of teachings attributed to Gautama were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later. Early Western scholarship tended to in large part accept the biography of the Buddha presented in the Buddhist scriptures, but "scholars are increasingly reluctant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life and teachings."
The Sensor Board in Nepal had first cleared the movie, but later went on to ban the movie following two big protests in the capital kathmandu.
All Kathmandu valley cinemas, from multiplexes like Jai Nepal, Kumari, Gopi Krishna and Barahi, to smaller ones like Guna and Ashta Narayan, hurriedly dropped the Akshay Kumar-Deepika Padukone starrer and began showing the earlier Bollywood release “Ghajini” or waited for another Bollywood film “Raaz” to be released Friday.
