Anushka Sharma, Amazon Prime Videos get court notice over Pataal Lok for defaming Sikh Community

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Actress Anushka Sharma and the streaming platform Amazon Prime Video got in the fresh trouble after Punjab and Haryana high court issued a notice against them for allegedly defaming Sikh Community in the web series Paatal Lok. The notice of motion was issued to the Union of India and 15 other respondents by the bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi.

The petitioner has objected the episode number 3 on “A History of Violence” that was set in a village in Punjab. Petitioner-advocate Gurdeepinder Singh Dhillon said, “The respondents have purposely and maliciously within the intent of creating communal disharmony and caste-based clashes have shown two communities in a bad light."



It is not the first time the series got a notice for hurting particular community sentiments, a few days ago, ex MLA of Delhi and Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee president, Manjinder Singh Sirsa also raised questions over Paatal Lok and demand for its ban for presenting Sikh Community as rapists. On May 29, he tweeted, "We have sent a legal notice to Amazon & directors Mr. Avinash Arun and Mr. Prosit Roy for hurting the sentiments of Sikhs by showing Sikhs as rapists through their controversial serial #PatalLok."

We have sent a legal notice to Amazon & directors Mr Avinash Arun and Mr Prosit Roy for hurting the sentiments of Sikhs by showing Sikhs as rapists through their controversial serial #PatalLok@PrimeVideoIN @amazonIN @AnushkaSharma @prosit_roy @ANI @republic @thetribunechd pic.twitter.com/qbFnz0a4qv

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) May 29, 2020

Ever since the Pataal Lok started streaming on Amazon Prime Video from May 15, it has been in the controversy for various reasons. Not only the Sikh Community but concerned people have also objected on several sensitive issues such as eating beef in front of Goddess’s photo, allegedly promoting Hinduphobia, Hindus lynching Dalits, etc.



However, despite being in the light for the wrong reasons, the makers of the series are planning for its second season. Anushka Sharma hinted at the possibility of Paatal Lok season 2 in an interview with PTI.

Pataal Lok is a crime thriller series that stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Gul Panag, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Ishwak Singh, and Abhishek Banerjee in prominent roles.

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