Barnala Resident Drags Mohalla Assi Cast to Court

Sunny Doel’s upcoming flick Mohalla Assi has landed in a soup as an FIR has been lodged against this Deol lad, director, producer and other actors of this movie in Barnala. According to an entertainment website, the FIR has been launched against them for hurting the sentiments of people. Censor board has already received a notice from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court over the promos of this film.

Reportedly, Barnala senior superintendent of police Opinderjit Singh Ghumman was quoted as saying, "A case has been registered against director, producer and actors of 'Mohalla Assi' for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. Similar cases have been registered at some other places as well". Notably, the case has been filed by Punjab Kanwar Sangh.

Barnala police have registered the case under Section 295-A of the IPC. Ravi Kishan, Sakshi Tanwar, Saurav Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari and Rajinder have also been named in the FIR. Another resident of Tapa town in Barnala said, "Some derogatory dialogues about the Hindu religion and lord Shiva have been used in the film. An actor impersonating Shiva has been shown clicking pictures with others by charging Rs 100, which has hurt our sentiments".