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NEW DELHI
The Delhi High Court asked the Centre and the censor committee connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) to see arsenic practice a petition raising concerns that the movie Dhurandhar: The Revenge reveals tactical and delicate accusation connected the country’s quality and defence operations.
The tribunal said the interest raised by the petitioner, a subordinate of the SSB, was not without merit and though movies are made for entertainment, their interaction cannot beryllium denied.
“This tribunal is of the sentiment that the concerns raised by the petitioner request to beryllium considered and addressed appropriately. We dispose of the writ petition with a absorption to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the CBFC to see the full writ petition arsenic a practice by the petitioner and instrumentality an due determination connected the issues raised,” the tribunal ordered.
It asked the authorities to pass their determination connected the petitioner’s practice and immoderate corrective measures to him.
The petitioner contended that the movie was successful usurpation of the Official Secrets Act arsenic it showed tactical operations, delicate locations and agents successful “depth”, and immoderate scenes adjacent revealed accusation that is not successful the involvement of the country’s security.
He further submitted that actions and characters modelled aft high-ranking officials and martyred servicemen are truthful explicit that it is not successful the country’s champion interests. The movie besides refers to definite palmy subject operations.
It claimed that the movie has “directly compromised the information of our undercover agents” and led to the section authorities successful Karachi being placed connected “spy alert”.
The petition prayed for the framing of a “spy movies protocol” to forestall the showcasing of methods utilized by the country’s agents and revocation of the certification granted to Dhurandhar: The Revenge.
