Mumbai: A non-governmental organisation on Wednesday moved a court seeking stay on the release of the film Bhool Bhulaiyaa alleging that the promotional cut of the movie is defamatory and hurting the religious feelings of Buddhists and Hindus.

The NGO, Eccha Foundation, filed the suit against the chairperson of the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for failing to notice the defaming sequence in the film along with film producers Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar.

The suit also names film director Priyadarshan, actor Akshay Kumar (pictured) and the choreographer of the song 'Hare Krishna, Hare Ram' for the alleged vulgar picturisation of the title song.

The picturisation of the said song includes eight semi-naked women dancing on a song which names Hindu gods Ram and Krishna. In one scene, one of the women is again obscenely standing on the lap of the idol appearing to offer prayers.

All this is highly insulting and a grave mockery of Gautam Buddha, Ram and Krishna, the NGO's chairperson Anand Kamble said.

NGO's advocate, Sushan Kunjuraman said that "for the sake of money, the film makers and actor Akshay Kumar have acted very cheaply by playing with religious sentiments."

The NGO has sought that the CBFC be directed to cancel the certification of the film and re-issue an appropriate one after deleting the said song.

It has also asked the court to restrict the release, distribution and exhibition of the film inclusive of the song and withdrawal of the current promotional cut from television channels and the internet.

The matter is likely to come up for hearing on October 6.