Makers remove sadhus dancing from the song Hud Hud Dabangg 3

A tweet from the official Twitter handle of Salman Khan Films read, “Keeping everyone’s sentiment in mind we have voluntarily edited certain scenes from the song Hud Hud Dabangg.”

Dabangg 3 landed in controversy when a Hindu outfit and sections of social media objected to a sequence in the title song Hud hud Dabangg that shows saffron-clad sadhus dancing with guitars. The outfit, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, also sent a letter to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) demanding the censor certificate of the film be cancelled, even as #BoycottDabangg3 had trended on social media.

Salman, who returns in his popular cop avatar of Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg 3, on December 1 had reacted to the storm over the song saying that a certain section of people were trying to gain publicity by dragging the number unnecessarily into a controversy.

Dabangg 3, directed by Prabhudheva, had a worldwide release on December 20.