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Sikkim: FIR against Bollywood celeb Anushka Sharma over ‘Paatal Lok’ dialogue

Sikkim: FIR against Bollywood celeb Anushka Sharma over ‘Paatal Lok’ dialogue

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Sikkim: FIR against Bollywood celeb Anuska Sharma over ‘Paatal Lok’ dialogue Sikkim: FIR against Bollywood celeb Anuska Sharma over ‘Paatal Lok’ dialogue

An FIR has been lodged against the Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma for her dialogue in ‘Paatal Lok’, an Amazon Prime Video Web Series, which allegedly hurt the sentiments of the Gorkha community, in Sikkim.

“Anushka made a very filthy, disrespectful, hurtful dialog is made by an actress against the Nepali community in an Amazon Prime Video Web Series ‘Patal Lok’ Season I, Episode 2 (Lost and Found). The dialog made at exactly 3 minutes and 44 seconds in the above mentioned episode is ‘Nepali Ilpot’ by character Manju Varma played by Miss Nitika Grover,” the FIR states, a copy of which is available with Inside NE.

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“The dialog is racial and communal. Further, it tries to create an atmosphere of enmity, hatred and ill-will among the different races, castes and communities,” the complainants claimed while condemning the matter.

Advocate Nazin Kiran Pradhan and Arun Limboo filed an FIR with the Gangtok Sadar police demanding strict action against Anushka Shrama, producer Karnesh Sharma and directors Avninash Arun and Prosit Roy.

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It may be mentioned that the Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh, the youth wing of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, had recently started an online petition demanding that a scene in the series should be muted and the corresponding subtitle is uploaded again with a disclaimer as the scene contains a sexual slur directed at the Gorkha community.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: May 23, 2020