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UP to lift ban on Aaja Nachle after lyrics removed

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Posted: Dec 01, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST

Lucknow, December 1: Uttar Pradesh Government said it would lift the ban on the screening of Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit's comeback film Aaja Nachle only if the controversial lines are removed from the title song of the movie.

"Once it is verified that the objectionable lines in a particular song in the film have been removed, the ban would be lifted," Principal Secretary to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, Shailesh Krishna said.

The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh had on Friday banned the movie in the state and also written to the Prime Minister demanding a complete ban on the film throughout the country alleging its title song has ‘humiliated’ Dalits.

Krishna said that although the film producers have stated that controversial lines will be removed from the song, it would be verified whether it has been executed or not before going ahead with lifting the ban imposed by the government.

He said that directives to this effect were being issued to respective district magistrates to check that the lines have been removed in the reels available with the cinema halls and accordingly allow its screening in their areas.

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