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Article: Resentment against movie "The Love Guru" broadens in USA

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April 11, 2008
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Washington, April 11 -- Opposition is growing against the upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" over denigrating Hindu traditions.

The movement is spearheaded by Hindu chaplain and Indo-American leader Rajan Zed.

Zed has been saying that from the information available about the movie, it appears to be lampooning Hinduism and Hindus and using Hindu terms frivolously.

Swami Pooja Saraswati, a spiritual leader says: "I watched the trailer of the movie 'Love Guru' and was shocked that any respectable movie producer would so blatantly ridicule a great world religion, a culture, spiritual path and sincere way of life, ...

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