After an eight-month court battle to ensure a film titled Ha­raamkhor is allowed to release, makers of the Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer and a few cast members are now receiving death threats. Some so-called ‘custodians of morality’ are harassing the filmmaker and the crew because they don’t approve of the film’s plot, which shows the relationship between a 14-year-old student and her tuition teacher.

According to the makers, these so-called activists are using the frayed argument that “the film is polluting the culture of our country with its story and title.” A report in this paper stated that those who have received the threats have not asked for police security as yet, but will be forced to do so if matters go out of hand.