New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea against the upcoming movie 'Ghooskhor Pandat' after filmmaker Neeraj Pandey informed the court that he had withdrawn the title along with all publicity material.
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the plea after taking Pandey's affidavit on record and said it is expected that this controversy will be resolved in all respects.
Pandey said in his affidavit that although the new title for the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer has not yet been finalized, it will not be similar to the earlier name.
"While the new title has not yet been finalized, I undertake that any title that may hereafter be identified and adopted shall not be similar to, or evocative of, the earlier title in respect of which objections were raised, and shall accurately reflect the narrative," the filmmaker said.
The top court reprimanded Pandey on February 12 over the title of his movie, observing that a section of society cannot be denigrated in the name of freedom of expression.
The top court was hearing a plea seeking a stay on the release of the film on the OTT platform Netflix.
