“Hum pure Sikh community ke saath hain…”: R Madhavan clarifies smoking scene in Dhurandhar: The Revenge

Actor R Madhavan has issued a clarification regarding a particular scene in his film Dhurandhar: The Revengefollowing concerns raised about the portrayal of a sacred verse from the Dasam Granth while his character smokes a cigarette. The actor took to Instagram to address the issue and assured his fans and the Sikh community that there was no disrespect intended.

In a heartfelt message, R Madhavan began, “Dhurandhar On behalf of my entire family, I thank you all very much for giving so much love to us. Recently we have come to know that some people are hurt by the fact that in a scene of this film, I have smoked a cigarette while speaking some lines from Guru Gobind Singh’s Dasam Granth and this has hurt them. “I am spreading your belief that this is not true at all.” (On behalf of Dhurandhar‘s entire family, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you for showering us with so much love. Recently, we’ve learned that some people have been hurt by the fact that in one scene of this film, while reciting lines from Guru Gobind Singh’s Dasam Granth, I smoked a cigarette, and it pained them. I assure you, this is absolutely not right.)

Madhavan explained that there had been a slight misunderstanding. “There is a slight misunderstanding. I am absolutely sure, before this scene, before saying this line, Aditya Dhar ji – who cares more than me about all these things – had told me that before saying this line, long before that, you will smoke a cigarette. And there will be no smoke coming out of your mouth, there will be no smoke on the screen, there will be no cigarette in your hand. Because it is very holy and pure for us. (Before this scene, before saying the lines, Aditya Dhar ji, who pays more attention to these things than I do, told me to extinguish the cigarette well before delivering the lines. So, no smoke would come out of my mouth, nor would there be any smoke on screen, and I wouldn’t have a cigarette in my hand,” he clarified.