Writer, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar’s statement in the defamation complaint he had submitted against Kangana Ranaut was recorded yesterday (3rd December) before the Andheri (Bombay) magistrate court. The plea is scheduled to be heard on December 19. Javed has alleged that Kangana had made defamatory statements about him to Republic TV news channel. The video of the actress making the disparaging remarks in the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death had gone viral.
The video of the actress making the disparaging remarks in the aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death had gone viral.
Javed told the court that he was shocked when he learnt that Kangana Ranaut had on July 19, in an interview to anchor Arnab Goswami, damaged his “immaculate reputation by falsely attributing statements to him”. In the course of the interview, “Ranaut had proceeded to give her opinion on the circumstances around the death of Sushant without appearing to have any direct personal knowledge of the circumstances,” Javed’s plea said. In the same interview, Akhtar added, she had referred to him (Javed Akhtar) as being part of an alleged “suicide gang”.
In the same interview, Akhtar added, she had referred to him (Javed Akhtar) as being part of an alleged “suicide gang”.
The writer’s plea said that the false and malicious statements had damaged his reputation and maligned his dignity.