Akhtar (76) had filed the complaint in the Andheri court in November, 2020 claiming Ranaut had made defamatory statements against him in a television interview. He claimed the actor had dragged in his name while referring to a "coterie" existing in Bollywood, following the alleged suicide by actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year.
Kangana Ranaut's petition, filed last month through advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, contended that her post was misconstrued and she had no intention of hurting the Sikh community's sentiments. The post was not against farmers but against a banned organization, and it was within her fundamental right to free speech, the actress said in a plea.
The Indian Air Force confirmed the tragic death of Rawat, his wife, and 11 other occupants of the force. A total of 13 of the 14 occupants of an IAF military helicopter (Mi-17V5) passed away after it crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district. Several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher paid their condolences on social media.
On Tuesday, Katrina Kaif, 38, and 33-year-old Vicky Kaushal's pre-wedding festivities started at Six Senses Fort Barwara, Sawai Madhopur. Ahead of the Bollywood couple's marriage, Kangana Ranaut took to social media to share a cryptic post.
'Tejas' features Kangana in the role of 'Tejas Gill', an Indian Air Force pilot. The film is written and directed by Sarvesh Mewara. The film is being bankrolled by RSVP Movies, the production house that had also produced the blockbuster military drama 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'.
Kangana Ranaut has been summoned by the Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony to depose before it on December 6 (at 12 noon) over her controversial social media post over Sikhs. On Friday, protesters stopped her car to demand an apology for the same.
Ungli, directed by Rensil D’Silva, released in 2014. The film marks the only collaboration of Karan Johar and Kangana Ranaut till date. The film recently clocked 7 years. The makers shared a poster of the movie to celebrate the occasion. However, they removed Kangana Ranaut from it. The new poster featured Emraan Hashmi, Angad Bedi, Randeep Hooda, Neil Bhoopalam, and Sanjay Dutt.
The plea filed through advocate Anil Kumar stated that the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India are required to be directed by the Court to take certain prohibitions and preventive measures on social media posts of Kangana Ranaut. None of her posts on social media should be allowed without amendment, deletion, modification or censoring in order to maintain law and order in the Country, stated the plea.
After Kangana Ranaut filed an FIR against those who allegedly gave her death threats, she also requested interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi to direct the Punjab government to take action in this regard. She said, "You (Sonia Gandhi) are also a woman, your mother-in-law Indira Gandhi ji fought strongly against this terrorism till the last moment."
Delhi Assembly's peace and harmony committee issued a notice to Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut summoning her on December 6 over complaints citing an alleged offensive and derogatory Instagram story posted by her.
Kangana Ranaut is facing controversy after she put up a post referring to the farmers’ protest as the Khalistani movement. She (34) was booked under section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and further investigation was underway.
In the complaint, the DSGMC mentioned that Kangana Ranaut had intentionally and deliberately portrayed the farmers’ protest (Kisan Morcha) as a "Khalistani" movement and also dubbed the Sikh community as "Khalistani terrorists".
In the complaint, the DSGMC mentioned that Kangana Ranaut had intentionally and deliberately portrayed the farmers' protest (Kisan Morcha) as a Khalistani movement and also dubbed the Sikh community as Khalistani terrorists. It claimed that she had recalled the massacre and genocide that happened during 1984 and earlier, as a planned and calculated move on part of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws. Addressing the nation on the occasion of the Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev, PM Modi said that in the coming Parliament session, the government will take constitutional measures to repeal these farm laws. Here's what the celebs has to say about the same.
In a recent TV show, Kangana Ranaut said that what India achieved in 1947 was "bheek" while the "real freedom" was achieved in 2014, referring to the BJP's win in the Lok Sabha elections. Now, Javed Akhtar has reacted to her statements.
Previously, several politicians had reacted with outrage at Kangana Ranaut's 'India's freedom in 1947 was charity' comments. On this, she said that she will return her Padma Shri award if anyone can prove that she has disrespected martyrs and freedom fighters. Recently, veteran actor Vikram Gokhale came out in support of Kangana Ranaut's controversial statement.
On November 11, Kangana Ranaut had said that India attained freedom in 2014 when the Narendra Modi-led government came to power and described the country's Independence in 1947 as "bheekh" or alms. Her statement stirred up a storm and invited major backlash.
Kangana Ranaut has come out and defended herself through a series of pictures on her Instagram. The actress wrote, "Why and how can white colonists or their sympathisers get away with such nonsense in this day and age? If you try to figure it out, the answer is in my statement."
Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Friday demanded that the Centre must withdraw the Padma Shri award from Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for her controversial remarks on the country's Independence and sought her immediate arrest.
Vishal Dadlani shared a post in which he can be seen wearing a t-shirt with Bhagat Singh's picture on it and wrote, "Remind the lady who said our Independence was "bheekh". The man on my t-shirt is Shaheed Sardar Bhagat Singh, atheist, poet philosopher, freedom fighter, son of India, and son of a farmer. He gave his life for our freedom, for India's Independence at age 23, and went to the gallows with a smile and a song on his lips."
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