The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a stay on the release of Salman Khan starrer Bharat, which releases on June 5.

The court also reprimanded petitioner Vikas Tyagi for involving the media before listing the plea. It said the petition was just an attempt to grab a little limelight and that it was "premature" as the film had not been seen yet.

The petition was heard urgently by a vacation bench of Justices JR Midha and Chander Shekhar. In the plea, Tyagi stated that according to the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, as it is the official name of the country, 'Bharat' was prohibited to be used for any trade, business, profession or in a title of any patent and in any trademark.

Hence, Tyagi felt it was inappropriate to name a film or a character after it. "It is distorting the cultural and political image of our great country," read the petition.

It claimed the movie was "merely a shameless, cunning stratagem to encash the deep-rooted feeling for our country", and pleaded "the court will have to put an end to such tricks to encash the people's patriotic sentiments".

The petition added that though there was nothing objectionable in the movie, when it was linked with our nation it is inappropriate to correlate content of movie with its title.

Earlier, when India Today Television's Sushant Mehta asked Khan if there was any added pressure on him because of the expectations his films will earn Rs 300 crore at the box office, Khan had said, "If you expect that, then you should go to the theatre and see it. You should not see it at home... Jaake theatre mein dekhna hoga... 340 kya, 640 bhi aayenge."