Madhuban Mein Radhika Naache Controversy : 10 Things To Know

Madhuban Mein Radhika Naache: Sunny Leone's latest song madhuban mein Radhika naache is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. According to the priests in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, Sunny Leone has hurt their religious sentiments by performing an obscene dance on this song. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra, on Sunday, gave Bollywood actor Sunny Leone three days to take down the obscene music video.

Here are 10 things to know about the controversy

1. The music video Madhuban was released by Saregama Music on 22 December, 2021 on their YouTube channel.
2. The song is sung by Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty and features Leone dancing to a song viewed by some as describing the love between Krishna and Radha.
3. "The most sensational duo of Kanika Kapoor and Sunny Leone is back with 2021’s biggest party song. Under the direction and choreography of the king of Bollywood dance numbers - Ganesh Acharya, get ready to groove to Madhuban this party season!", the caption reads.
4. The song has got 11,351,662 views so far on YouTube.
5. “We will go to court if the government does not act against the actress and ban her video album,” said Sant Naval Giri Maharaj of Vrindaban.
6. The seer went on to say that she should either withdraw the scene and issue a public apology or be ousted from the country.
7. According to Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha’s national president Mahesh Pathak, Sunny Leone has maligned the prestige of Brijbhumi by dancing on the song in a “derogatory manner”.
8. According to Narottam Mishra, Hindus worship Maa Radha and the song has hurt the sentiments of the people.
9. As a response to this, Music label Saregama said the company will change the name and lyrics of the song.
10. "In light of recent feedback and respecting the sentiments of our fellow countrymen, we will be changing the lyrics and name of the song 'madhuban...'. The new song will replace the old across all platforms over the next three days," Saregama said in a statement.  

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