Manoj Kumar filed a case of defamation and cheating against Shahrukh Khan
Manoj Kumar filed a case of defamation and cheating against actor Shahrukh Khan, his wife Gauri and director Farah Khan.
Kumar had filed an application in the court through his lawyer Ashok Sarogi seeking an injunction on the telecast of film. Kumar said he objected to the manner in which he was portrayed in the film. He said a scene in the film, where an actor depicting the veteran star is driven away from a theatre and beaten with sticks, had undermined his public image.
In a suit filed before a metropolitan court, Kumar claimed that scenes mimicking him were not deleted to defame him. “A legal suit under sections 420 (cheating), 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code has been filed today before the metropolitan court against actor Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and Farah Khan,” said Kumar’s lawyer Ashok Sarogi.
Manoj Kumar has demanded only Re 1 as damages from Shah Rukh Khan, his wife and film producer Gauri Khan and director Farah Khan for failing to delete certain scenes from the film before its television telecast.
The scene is a comic tribute to the 70’s in Bollywood.
The issue was considered resolved when a sessions court imposed a conditional stay on the telecast of the film till the objectionable scenes were deleted.
The defamation suit will come up for hearing before the Dindoshi sessions court on August 18, while the cheating case will be heard on August 22.
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