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A line from the film mentions Sita as daughter of India, which caused a controversy in Nepal...
Screening of Hindi movies resumed in the country on Friday, days after they were banned following a controversy over Adipurush dialogues where Goddess Sita is referred as "India's daughter"..
In Kathmandu, many cinema halls started screening Hindi films, except "Adipurush", which continues to face a ban.h...
A dialogue of Adipurush, in which Sita is mentioned as "India's daughter", had led to the ban on all Hindi films, which was announced by Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah..
On Thursday, a single bench of the Patan High Court judge Dhir Bahadur Chand issued a short term order, stating that the screening of films that have acquired permission from the censor board should not be stopped..
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