United States based Hindu leader has objected to the comparison between the villain in the latest X-Men movie and Lord Krishna.
United States based Hindu leader has objected to the comparison between the villain in the latest X-Men movie and Lord Krishna.
Hindu leader Rajan Zed referred to the trailer of the movie, where actor Oscar Isaac said “I have been called many things over many lifetimes — Ra, Krishna, Yahweh.”
Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism, issued a statement on the reference in the movie “Such trivialisation of Lord Krishna, who is highly revered in Hinduism, is quite inappropriate and disturbing to the devotees.”
Comparing #Krishna to villain #Apocalypse in #XMenApocalypse trailer was inappropriate. Delete references to Krishna unless scripture based.
— Rajan Zed (@rajanzed) December 15, 2015
The statement further added, “Hindus are upset over comparison of blue-colored villain Apocalypse with their deity Lord Krishna in the recently released official trailer of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’… Lord Krishna was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines, not for pushing movies for the mercantile greed of filmmakers.”
Rajan Zed also asked director Bryan Singer to cut all references to Lord Krishna from the trailer and the final movie. “Inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees and confused non-Hindus about Hinduism,” he said.
Watch the trailer here: