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Updated October 28th, 2018 at 15:39 IST

Delhi Government's Health Department issues notice to director, producers of 'Badhaai Ho' for smoking scenes

The Delhi government's Health Department has issued a notice to the director, producers and actors of the recently released movie 'Badhaai Ho', asking them to remove smoking scenes as well brand promotions of tobacco products from the film.

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The Delhi government's Health Department has issued a notice to the director, producers and actors of the recently released movie 'Badhaai Ho', asking them to remove smoking scenes as well brand promotions of tobacco products from the film. Additional Director (Health), Dr. S K Arora, said there are a number of smoking scenes and also a tobacco shop displaying tobacco packs. This has been shown repeatedly in the movie which is a violation under section 5 of COTPA (Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act ). These are punishable offenses under section 22 of COTPA.

"A strict compliance notice has been issued to the director, producers and actors of the recently released movie 'Badhaai Ho' asking them to remove smoking scenes as well brand promotions of tobacco products from the film as these are violations under COTPA," he said.

"Punishment for first offence is imprisonment for up to 2 years with or without fine up to Rs 1,000 or both. For subsequent offence the punishment is imprisonment up to 5 year and fine up to Rs 5,000," he added.

Read: 'Badhaai Ho' Box Office Collection: Film Crosses 50 Crore Mark At The Domestic Market

All kinds of direct and indirect advertisement of tobacco products has been banned as per section 5 of COTPA. All these could have been avoided for the sake of youngsters who actually treat Bollywood actors as "God and follow them blindly", he added.

"We have been repeatedly issuing notices to Bollywood but they continue to violate rules. The Bollywood industry apart from legal, has moral responsibility.The industry has to wake up and feel responsible for the country, especially youngsters who follow them blindly like the God," Arora said.

Mr. Arora said that 40 percent of all cancers, percent of oral cancers, 40 percent of TB cases and 20-30 per cent of diabetes, hypertension, heart attack, brain stroke are because of tobacco habits only. 

Meanwhile, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Badhaai Ho' has emerged as a box office winner. The film stars Gajraj Rao, Neena Gupta and Sanya Malhotra in pivotal roles. Ever since the release of the trailer, the film has created a strong buzz and looking at the box office collection, one can say that it has fulfilled the promise. In a period of five days, the film has garnered a total of Rs 51.35 crore at the domestic market.

(With PTI inputs)

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Published October 28th, 2018 at 15:39 IST

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