Contemporary news coverage from SBS Punjabi, the Punjabi language service of Australia's national multilingual broadcaster, reporting the 2018 stage of the film's controversy: the Akal Takht's ban, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee's reversal from a 2016 approval to renewed opposition, producer Harinder Sikka's stated intent to proceed, and the film's use of computer graphics rather than a cast actor to represent Guru Nanak. Its strength is contemporary, dated reporting in the language of the community most directly affected, aimed at that community. Its limit is that it is journalism rather than peer reviewed scholarship, so it is cited for the documented sequence of events and the film's own technique rather than for interpretation.
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Citation
AuthorParamjit Singh Sona
PublisherSBS Punjabi (Special Broadcasting Service, Australia)
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://www.sbs.com.au/language/punjabi/en/podcast-episode/controversial-movie-nanak-shah-fakir-to-be-released-despite-protests/01f47krjh
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Paramjit Singh Sona's 2018 report for SBS Punjabi, the Punjabi language service of Australia's national public multilingual broadcaster, is contemporary journalism aimed at the community most directly affected rather than an independent peer reviewed source, hence the middle tier. NotesCited for the film's use of computer graphics rather than an actor to represent Guru Nanak, and for the Akal Takht ban, the SGPC's reversal, and the April 2018 re-release date.
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This source names Guru Nanak directly: "rather than a cast actor to represent Guru Nanak."
Source SBS Punjabi, "Controversial Movie 'Nanak Shah Fakir' to Be Released Despite Protests," 2018Paramjit Singh Sona
This source names Punjabis directly: "Contemporary news coverage from SBS Punjabi, the Punjabi language service of Australia's national multilingual broadcaster, reporting the 2018 stage of the film's controversy: the Akal Takht's ban..."
Source SBS Punjabi, "Controversial Movie 'Nanak Shah Fakir' to Be Released Despite Protests," 2018Paramjit Singh Sona
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Screen Works, 4 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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