Up to 38 film companies and production companies have filed a lawsuit against a news channel and four journalists for defaming the Hindi film industry. In recent months, Bollywood has become the target of constant ridicule on news channels with derogatory terms used for the industry.
Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, Rahul Shivshankar, Navika Kumar have been named in the lawsuit filed with the Delhi High Court. Producers of Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Aditya Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and all other major cartels have joined as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The Film and Television Producers Guild of India (PGI) and the Film and Television Artists Association (CINTAA) have also joined the lawsuit.
The news channels are accused of using derogatory words such as “dirt”, “filth”, “scum”, “drug addicts” and expressions such as “all the perfumes of Arabia cannot remove the stench and stench of this filth and scum. from the belly of Bollywood ”.
Here is a complete list of plaintiffs:
1. The Film and Television Producers Guild of India (PGI) 2.
The Film and TV Artist? Association (CINTAA)
3. Indian Film and Television Producers Council (IFTPC)
4. Writers Association (SWA)
5. Aamir Khan Productions
6. Ad-Labs Movies
7. Ajay Devgn Fflims
8. Andolan Films
9. Anil Kapoor Film and Communication Network
10. Arbaaz Khan Productions
11. Ashutosh Gowariker Productions
12. BSK Network and Entertainment
13. Cape of good movies
14. Clean Slate Filmz
15. Dharma Productions
16. Emmay Entertainment and moving images
17. Excel Entertainment
18. Filmkraft Productions
19. Production of hope
20. Kabir Khan Films
21. Love movies
22. Photos of Macguffin
23. Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
24. One India Stories
25. RS Entertainment (Ramesh Sippy Entertainment)
26. Photos of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
27. Red Chillies Entertainment
28. Reel Life Productions
29. Reliance Big Entertainment
30. Rohit Shetty Picturez
31. Roy Kapur Films
32. Salman Khan Films
33. Sikhya Entertainment
34. Sohail Khan Productions
35. Tiger Baby Digital
36. Vinod Chopra Films
37. Images of Vishal Bhardwaj
38. Yashraj Films
CINTAA has declined to comment at this time, saying the matter is subjudicial. ‘
The statement said that Bollywood is a distinct and well-recognized class, comprising the Hindi film industry in Mumbai. He said that for several years Bollywood has been a great source of revenue for the public purse, generates significant foreign exchange for India through income from foreign movie premieres, tourism, etc., and is a great source of income. employment, with various other industries. it also depends heavily on him.
“Bollywood is unique and is in a position unlike any other industry as it is an industry that depends almost exclusively on the goodwill, appreciation and acceptance of its audience. The livelihoods of those associated with Bollywood are severely affected by the smear campaign carried out by the defendants.
“This is in addition to the ongoing pandemic that has caused extreme income and lost job opportunities. Bollywood members’ privacy is being invaded, and their reputations are being irreparably damaged by painting all of Bollywood as criminals, seeping into drug culture and making being a part of Bollywood synonymous with criminal acts in the public imagination. ” he said read.
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Republic TV is also embroiled in a bogus TRP controversy. Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had claimed that Republic TV and two other Marathi channels had tampered with TRPs.
The TRP scam was discovered after a police report by Hansa Research Group Pvt Ltd, the agency contracted by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to set up viewership meters to monitor the television channels watched by households.
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