Amidst a number of controversies of the political world Netflix's Sacred Games has found itself in the turmoil. As per reports in media, a complaint has been filed against actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the producers of the Netflix original for insulting former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The complaint has been filed by Congress member Rajiv Sinha at Girish Park Police station in Kolkata.
The Congress member, in his letter, has mentioned that Nawazuddin (Ganesh Gaitonde) "abused our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi calling him fattu, which translated as pu*** in the subtitle.”
Sacred Games is based on the novel of the same name by Vikram Chandra. Sacred Games tells the story of the antagonist Ganesh Gaitonde and highlights major political happenings, like the Emergency,1985 Shah Bano case, the government's forced sterilisation plan, and the Bofors scandal among others.
The dialogue by Gaitonde that prompted Sinha to file his complaint:
Shah Bano ko alag jalaya, desh ko alag. She took her husband to court and won. But the Prime Minister told her to shut up and overturned the court's judgment. Even Hindus criticised him. To please them, Ramayan, the TV show, aired every Sunday morning when the entire country glued to their televisions."
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