Anushka Sharma’s ‘Paatal Lok’ in trouble; legal notice sent for using ‘casteist slur’

Anushka Sharma was recently sent a legal notice for using casteist slur in her new show ‘Paatal Lok‘. Viren Sri Gurung, a member of the Lawyers Guild that has been formed to give free legal advice during the pandemic of Covid-19, has sent a legal notice to Anushka for the same.

According to a report by The Quint, Gurung revealed the reason for the legal action, “There is a clip wherein during an interrogation a lady police officer uses a casteist slur on a Nepali character. There wouldn’t have been any problem had only ‘Nepali’ been used. But the word that follows it is unacceptable. Since Anushka Sharma is one of the producers of the show, we have served her a notice.”

The report also stated that Gurung hasn’t received any response from Anushka yet and failing which the legal team will take the case further with the digital platform streaming the show and that is Amazon Prime Video as well as the other involved in the series.

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Another report by The Hindu stated that the Gorkha community have taken a very strong objection against this casteist slur in the show and they are demanding the word to be edited out. Nanda Kirati Dewan, President of the Bhartiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh, told The Hindu that the manner in which the word was used was “regressive”. “We should refrain from consuming content that shows a community in a negative light just for the sake of creative freedom”, Dewan said.

Anushka is yet to speak about this matter.

Till then you guys stay tuned to this space for more updates.

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