MUMBAI: In order to completely lift the ban on Jodhaa Akbar nationwide, UTV Motion Pictures, the producer of Jodhaa Akbar, has finally moved the Supreme Court on Monday.

Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, UTV Motion Pictures director Siddharth Roy Kapur said, "We took this decision after the UP government banned Jodhaa Akbar in the state on Saturday. It's no point fighting the ban from one state to the other. Hence, we finally decided to move the Supreme Court on Monday."

The UP government had banned Ashutosh Gowariker's controversial film on Saturday stating that the decision to ban the film was taken to maintain law and order in the state.

"The hearing is at two o'clock in the afternoon today and we are confident that we will be winning it," added Kapur.

UTV had earlier moved the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to lift the ban on the screenings of Jodhaa Akbar, which ultimately led to its victory. The film has already faced ban in parts of Haryana and Uttaranchal following protests over the alleged wrong depiction of some historical characters in the film.

The petition filed by UTV to the Supreme Court states that the on-going controversies have been causing a lot of financial loss to it.

Some days back, around 300 members of the Shiv Pratishthan were lathi charged by the police in Sangli town in western Maharashtra following a protest that the mob had launched against the screening of the film.