Pushing herself into another controversy, Actress Kangna Ranaut challenges court order by rejecting her call for a transfer of defamation case of Javed Akhtar.
Javed Akhtar files complaints against Kangna Ranaut:
Javed Akhtar had filed a complaint against Kangana Ranaut for her alleged ‘defamatory and baseless comments’ against him during a television discussion post the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput. In December 2020, the court directed the Juhu police to conduct an inquiry into Akhtar’s complaint and subsequently an offence of defamation was prima facie made out and the court initiated criminal proceedings against the actress. The Bombay High Court had dismissed the plea filed by Kangana, seeking to quash the defamation case filed against her, based on the lyricist Javed Akhtar’s complaint. In the latest proceedings, Kangana Ranaut has filed a counter-complaint and made several new statements in the matter.
Complaint by Kangna Ranaut:
Recently, actress Kangna Ranaut has filed a fresh complaint in the Dindoshi sessions court, against the order passed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court. She has challenged the rejection of her plea seeking transfer of all proceedings in a defamation case filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar against her. Kangana has filed a petition through her advocate, under section 408 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which deals with transfer cases and appeals.
The actress has reportedly alleged that the Andheri Magistrate harmed her image by stating, “If the applicant is not present for hearing on the next date, an arrest warrant will be issued against her”. The actress also alleged that the magistrate was biased. In her petition, the actress has alleged that the Andheri magistrate, who is hearing the defamation case against her, is biased against her. She also cited that her plea for permanent exemption is still pending. Through her counsel, Kangana stated that she had no faith in that specific court. Kangana’s case will be heard on January 27.
About Kangna Ranaut:
Kangna Ranaut was born on 23 March 1987 at Bhambla which is a small town in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, into a Rajput family. Her mother, Asha Ranaut, is a school teacher, and her father, Amardeep Ranaut, is a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli Chandel, who as of 2014 works as her manager and a younger brother, Akshat. Her great-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly and her grandfather was an officer for the Indian Administrative Service. She grew up in a joint family at their ancestral haveli (mansion) in Bhambla, and described her childhood as “simple and happy”.
In 2004, the producers Ramesh Sharma and Pahlaj Nilani announced that Ranaut would make her film debut with the Deepak Shivdasani-directed I Love You Boss. The following year, an agent took her to the office of the producer Mahesh Bhatt, where she interacted with the director Anurag Basu and auditioned for the lead role in the romantic thriller Gangster.
Ranaut has been the recipient of four National Film Awards: one Best Supporting Actress award for Fashion (2008) and three Best Actress awards, one each for Queen (2014) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) and a third one for her performances in both Manikarnika, the Queen of Jhansi (2019) and Panga (2020). She has also won five Filmfare Awards: Best Female Debut and a special award (“Face of the Year”) for Gangster (2006), Best Supporting Actress for Fashion, Best Actress for Queen, and Best Actress, Critics for Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
Javed Akhtar:
Born on January 17, 1945 Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India’s highest civilian honours.
Akhtar notably campaigned for the Communist Party of India (CPI) and their candidate in the 2019 Indian general election, and was a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha.
