The Indian film fraternity has slammed the judgement on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, calling it "irrelevant", "unfair" and "a shame", a day after a court held seven people guilty of criminal negligence in the world's worst industrial disaster.

Celebrities ranging from Shekhar Kapur to Amitabh Bachchan said a jail term of just two years for the seven officials of Union Carbide India - who were also fined Rs.100,000 Monday and subsequently bailed out - was a mockery of justice and a sellout by the government.