dhanbad agitated over the bad taste in which they have been portrayed in gangs of wasepur filmed by anurag kashyap residents of wasepur a predominantly muslim area located between dhanbad and bhuli industrial workers township have demanded a ban on its screening the residents have filed a petition in ranchi high court under section 5 of the indian cinematography act to enforce a ban on its screening the residents have also approached the dhanbad dc recommending a ban on its screening in the district as they apprehend it may lead to law and order problem and tension in the district the chairmen the bjp and rjd minority cells have also joined the issued and appealed to the district administration to disallow screening of the film in district cinema halls as muslims of the area have been shown in bad light to the viewers javed khan who filed the pet ition before the ranchi high court told toi here the film presents women and girls of the area too in a very uncharitable manner who will marry the girls of wasepur after seeing the film the students getting admitted in higher educational institutions outside will face humiliations and worst the kind of ragging if others come to know they are from wasepur i am afraid the brilliant students of the area may also be rejected by the interview boards if they see the birth place of the candidates as wasepur mansoor alam a resident of quamar makhdoomi road of wasepur with population of over two lakh muslims divided in five municipal wards said everyone has forgotten wasepurs past they want to revive the trouble and tension through the film the younger generations will learn the wrong lessons from the film they want to pollute the young minds through the film when there is no gang in wasepur why gangs of wasepur sedaf naaz a young journalist working with a local hindi paper said wasepur is now no more a conservative muslim society i too wear jeans and return home in the night after my office work is over there is an ias from wasepur in the 2008 batch over 100 iitians from wasepur the film should have projected positive things about wasepur naaz regretted due to poor image of wasepur the commercial banks did not open any branch in the area there is no atm and people go to bank more laocted four km from wasepur for availing atm facilities the government is also indifferent towards the area it did not open a hospital or any school in wasepur there is millat school run by the minorities in two shifts for boys and girls separately mohammad zubar alam vicepresident of athletics association of dhanbad also regretted the film was presenting wasepur in bad taste promos of the film are presenting visuals of brothels and firings in the area the trouble had started over a small road side shop gumti in 1984 between fahim khan and shabir alam they became