Legal notice served for Rani Laxmibai's mention in Joker item number

Creating woes for the makers of Joker, the Maharashtra wing of International Human Rights Association has served a legal notice on the Central Board of Film Certification demanding deletion of the item number, Kaafirana, from Shirish Kunders directorial venture. The Maharashtra director of the organization, Rajkumar Tak, said, The song has caused an intolerable insult to our first warrior of independence, Rani Laxmibai, famous as Jhansi ki Rani". Llawyer S. Kunjuraman told IANS, "The song, Kaafirana, carries offensive words and utters the name of the great warrior princess Jhansi Ki Rani in a derogatory manner. We want the producer, Shirish Kunder, to delete the item number or Rani Laxmibai's name must be deleted from that song," The Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha starrer film is all set to release on August 31.