Team Mishan Impossible takes down title-reveal poster after receiving heat for hurting Hindu sentiments

When Swaroop RSJ, of Agent

Sai Srinivasa Athreya

fame, released the title poster of his next film titled

Mishan Impossible

, little did he expect it to hurt sentiments.

The filmmakers proudly unveiled a poster on Saturday, which sees three little children dressed as

Hindu gods

and looking determined with toy guns in hand. But the poster received flak from certain individuals who have expressed dislike at the way ‘Gods’ are being portrayed and made their displeasure clear on social media. The production house, after a lot of deliberation, took down the poster and apologised for hurting sentiments unintentionally.

After the backlash, the production house,

Matinee Entertainment

released a statement that reads, “In Relation to certain objections raised about a recent poster of Mishan Impossible released by us, we wish to state and clarify that we did not intend to hurt the feelings or sentiments of any section of the society. We regret any unintentional hurt that may have caused and we have taken steps for recalling the poster immediately.”(sic)

A close source to the film’s unit revealed that the filmmakers don’t want to take any chances by letting negativity be attached to an interesting project. The source said, “After a lot of deliberation due to personal phone calls from various individuals and backlash on social media, they have recalled the poster. The children in the poster are going to be the supporting characters, there will be two well-known actors playing the leads. The idea behind the poster was to show how these children help the lead characters with their innocence, grit, determination and sense of invincibility, but it was mistaken for otherwise. Official announcement of the cast and crew will be made soon, so will details of the shooting and release.”