Muslim Organizations demands ban on Ajmer 92: What makes the movie controversial?

New Delhi: After The Kashmir files and The Kerela story, yet another movie titled ‘Ajmer 92’ has found itself surrounded by controversies and is facing stiff opposition from a number of Muslim outfits.

The Pushpendra Singh’s directorial, which features Sumit Singh, Zarina Wahab, Sayaji Shinde, and Manoj Joshi in the leading cast, is being accused of spreading hatred and enmity in the country. Several Muslim outfits have called for a ban on the movie, as they claim that it is an attempt to show the famous Ajmer Dargah in poor light by portraying an ‘imaginaory situation’ involving influential Muslim families of the city.

Filmmakers are yet to break silence over the protest but it’s a stark reality of the town that it was rocked by huge sexual assault & blackmailing scandal, 31 years ago in 1992.

About the movie

The movie is based on the infamous Ajmer sex scandal of 1992 that shocked and enraged the entire nation. The scandal involved the horrifying sexual exploitation of hundreds of young school/college-going girls who were lured, trapped, and blackmailed for years allegedly by some elites and Khadims (caretakers) of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah.

The movie is set to hit the theaters on the 14th of July.

‘AJMER 92’ TO RELEASE ON 14 JULY… A #RelianceEntertainment presentation, #Ajmer92 will release in *cinemas* on 14 July 2023… Stars #KaranVerma, #SumitSingh, #SayajiShinde and #ManojJoshi… Directed by #PushpendraSingh… Produced by #UmeshKumarTiwari. pic.twitter.com/ddKnAedh6D

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 26, 2023

The controversy

Soon after the movie was announced, the president of All India Muslim Jamat Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi protested against the movie stating that it is targeting a particular religion. He even went on to say that Ajmer 92 is created to confuse the public and divide Indian society.

Asking the government to put an immediate ban on the movie, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind’s President Maulana Mahmood Madani also voiced his anger against Ajmer 92, saying that the film has been made with the intention of defaming the holy shrine of Ajmer by depicting the education provided there as “wrong”.