The court also allowed the application of the petitioners to implead dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir as a party respondent in the case and ordered a notice be sent to him.
Demanding an FIR against director Om Raut and dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir the AICWA has said that the movie has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus and the Sanatan Dharma and that its screening should be stopped in the theatres and on the OTT platforms in the future.
Muntashir had tried to defend the dialogues, saying the movie was not exactly Ramayana but an adaptation, and the dialogues were written keeping in mind the young audience and contemporary style.
Indian regional cinema on the contrary has tens of hundreds of Ramayana, Mahabharat, and several other such productions based on spiritual Indian history. And each of these productions is full of creativity in their story-telling.