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In the golden history of Indian cinema, many such films have been made, which not only made huge profits at the box office, but also faced huge controversies due to their bold themes and social issues. Exactly 44 years ago, in the year 1982, veteran Bollywood filmmaker B.R. A cult film was released under the direction of BR Chopra, which created a huge uproar across the country even before it reached the theatres. The situation became so dire that not just one but 34 cases were filed against the film’s makers, posters to boycott the film were pasted outside theaters, and the film’s lead actress received so many threatening calls that she felt her life was in danger. After all, which was that historical film and what was the whole controversy about, let us know in detail about this interesting and shocking story.
Controversy started with ‘talaq-talaq-talaq’, name was changed after opposition from Muslim organizations
It is the year 1982, when famous producer-director B.R. Chopra was going to make a film on a sensitive and burning issue of the society. The story of this film was mainly woven around Muslim personal law, women’s rights in the society and the evil practices of that era. After completing the script of the film, the makers changed its original title. ‘Divorce-Divorce-Divorce’ Had decided.
But as soon as this title and the subject of the film became known, many Muslim organizations and religious groups of the country started raising strong objections to it. He said that making such a film on a sensitive religious subject and naming it like this is against Islamic laws and sentiments. Sensing the growing public anger and legal complications, visionary B.R. Chopra wisely decided to change the controversial title of the film and gave it a new name. ‘Nikaah’. Despite changing the title, a section of the society did not calm down and protests against the film continued.
34 cases were registered against the film, boycott posters were put up outside the theaters.
When things did not work out even after changing the title, the scope of protest became wider. The situation had become such that there was a total protest against this film in different parts of the country. More than 34 legal cases Were registered.
When the film was all set to release, huge protests were seen outside the theatres. Such posters were pasted outside the theaters on which it was clearly written that ‘No one will watch this film’ And the audience was warned not to go inside the cinema hall. Even before the release of the film, an atmosphere of tension was created all around, due to which it seemed that the film would hardly ever see the big screen.
Heroine Salma Agha had received death threatening calls, fatwa was issued
The scariest aspect of this entire controversy was that the biggest mental and physical pressure was on the film’s new lead actress. Salma Agha But it was lying. Actress Salma Agha, who started her acting career with the film ‘Nikah’, had recalled this dreadful period in one of her interviews and said that during that time many kinds of things were spread against her and even a fatwa was issued against her.
According to Salma Agha, at that time, she was continuously receiving threatening calls from unknown people on her home phone, in which she was being warned of dire consequences. Recalling the situation of those days, he said that he started fearing for his life and he started feeling that working in this film had become the biggest risk of his life.
When the film was released, the audience’s perspective changed, ‘Nikah’ remained in theaters for five years.
Amidst all the threats, lawsuits and protests, finally in the year 1982, B.R. This film of Chopra was released in theatres. But as soon as the audience went inside the theaters and saw this film, their perspective completely changed.
People understood that the film about which so much uproar was being created, was actually a very sensitive and beautiful family film narrating the rights and pain of women in the society. Raj Babbar and Deepak Parashar also won the hearts of the audience with their brilliant performances in the film. Gradually all the opposition subsided and due to mouth publicity the film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. The situation was such that due to the huge love of the audience, this film remained in many theaters for five consecutive years (or a long record-breaking period) and Salma Aga became a big star of Indian cinema overnight. Even today ‘Nikah’ is counted among the most courageous and best social films of Indian cinema.