John Abraham's Batla House has found itself in trouble. The film based on the real incident of Batla House encounter has faced objection as a plea has been filed by both the accused of the encounter case- Ariz Khan and Shehzad Ahmad. The accused have moved the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the release of the film based on the incident in Delhi in 2008. The plea filed by Ariz and Shehzad is likely to come up for hearing next week. Speaking of the petition, it sought a direction to the Center to organise a pre-screening of Batla House. The plea further stated that the poster and promotional videos of the film claim that the sequence of events is inspired by true events, which creates the impression the film depicts a true account of events in the Batla House encounter. 

"Although the courts discharge their duties in a free and fair manner and are not likely to be affected by events portrayed in a movie...the release of such a movie would prejudice the outcome of the trial. The events portrayed in the film will prejudice the trial especially as there has been an effort to connect the two incidents i.e. Batla House and the Delhi serial blasts," the plea stated.

John Abraham in a still from Batla House

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Batla House is inspired by the alleged police encounter that took place in Delhi in the wake of the serial blasts of 2008. The film apart from John Abraham also stars Mrunal Thakur and Ravi Kishan and is directed by Nikkhil Advani. Produced by T-Series’ Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Emmay Entertainment’s Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani & JA Entertainment in association with Bake My Cake Films’ Sandeep Leyzell, the film will release on 15th August 2019.

(Source: Inputs from IANS)