New trouble for Yash’s Toxic as a Christian group lodges a formal complaint

The National Christian Federation has lodged a formal complaint saying Toxic’s teaser has ‘hurt religious sentiments.’

Yash’s upcoming pan-India action film, Toxic, has landed in fresh trouble. It has, in the past few weeks, even before the release of its trailer, courted several controversies. After the Women’s Commission slammed its teaser for the depiction of a sex scene, a Christian group has filed a complaint with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and others, claiming that the teaser hurts religious sentiments.

Christian group files a formal complaint against Yash’s Toxic.

The National Christian Federation (NCF) has lodged a formal complaint with the Film Chamber of Commerce, the state government’s Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary, and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) against Toxic. The federation has objected to scenes depicting Michael, the Archangel, and has complained that the depictions are inappropriate and amount to an insult, claiming they hurt religious sentiments.

More on the complaint against Toxic by the Christian group.

The complaint refers to the teaser showcasing a sex scene in a car parked outside a cemetery, followed by a violent gunfight in the cemetery. The said premises house several religious iconographies, including a statue of Archangel Michael. Hence, the NCF has demanded the immediate removal of the scenes and has urged the makers to take down the teaser from YouTubeand other platforms. The teaser, which featured Yash’s first look from the film, was shared by the makers, KVN Productions, last month. Earlier, the depiction of graphic sex in the teaser had raised eyebrows with many calling it unnecessary and distasteful. A complaint was filed against the makers for outraging the modesty of women with the sequence. The backlash to the scene intensified to a point where the actor Beatriz Taufenbach had to delete her Instagram account amid the furore.

Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups, directed by Geethu Mohandas, also stars RukminiVasanth, Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Tara Sutaria, Huma Qureshi, AkshayOberoi and Sudev Nair in key roles. The film is slated to release in theatres on March 19 and will clash with Ranveer Singh’s much-anticipated Dhurandhar 2.