Asking Virat To Divorce Anushka To Sending Legal Notice: 7 Controversies Surrounding Paatal Lok

Since the time Paatal Lok has been released, it is creating quite a lot of waves. Audience has loved not only the storyline but also the stellar acting of the entire star cast. However, some people are not happy with the show.

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The web-series, whose second season is in the works, produced by Anushka Sharma has been embroiled in a lot of controversies ever since it started streaming. Here are all the controversies that Paatal Lok has been surrounded in.

#1 MLA Nandkishor Gurjar has filed a complaint against Anushka Sharma.

The complaint has been filed for allegedly using his photograph in the series without his permission. The original photo featured UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. However, the one used in the show has been morphed.

He has also accused the makers of the show of of stirring communal tension. The complaint states that CBI have been shown in a bad light. He has demanded a ban on the show.

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#2 Furthermore, the MLA wants Virat Kohli to divorce his wife Anushka Sharma.

¡°Virat Kohli desh bhakt hai, desh k liye khele hai. Anushka ko talak de dena chahiye¡±, he said.

#Ghaziabad: BJP leader Nandkishor Gurjar (@nkgurjar4bjp) has filed a case against actor turned producer @AnushkaSharma. FIR is regarding Web Series #PataalLok. He accused actress of sedition and advised @imVkohli to divorce her. (Story in Development) pic.twitter.com/NNEXAFclfX

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#3 Complaint from Sikh community.

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Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa has objected to the scene showing a sikh man raping a woman while another man is watching. He says Sikh characters are shown in bad light in Paatal Lok. He has demanded Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar to look into the matter.

#4 Complaint from Gorkha community.

Sikkim MP Indra Hang Subb has also written to I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar regarding a sexist slur being used in the show. In his complaint, he said that more than 10.5 million people in India speak Nepali and they have been affected by the scene.

¡°We strongly condemn it in toughest terms and seek immediate removal of the scene¡¯s subtitles and mute the slur. This is not just regressive but also racist stereotyping of Northeast people, in particular the Gorkhas,¡± the complaint read as per PTI.

#5 Legal Notice To Anushka Sharma

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According to The Quint, Viren Sri Gurung, who is a member of the Lawyers Guild, has sent the legal notice to the actor.

#6 Online petition to mute a scene.

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Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh has objected to a scene containing sexual slur directed at the Gorkha community and has started an online petition demanding it to be muted in the show.

#7 Complaint filed before Punjab Police.

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G.S. Dhillion, an advocate practicing in the Punjab & Haryana High Court, has written to a Police Station at SAS Nagar District in Punjab alleging that the third episode of the show has been made to create communal harmony. He says that the makers of the show intentionally and maliciously highlighted caste-based conflicts.