Anushka Sharma lands in legal soup for racist slur in Paatal Lok

The All Arunachal Pradesh Gorkha Youth Association has filed a complaint with the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) over alleged "sexist slur" made against the community in the web series Paatal Lok

Mumbai: Anushka Sharama's latest production venture Paatal Lok is back in controversy as a Gorkha community group has filed complaint against the Pk actor over some remarks made on the community members in the series.

The All Arunachal Pradesh Gorkha Youth Association filed its complaint online with the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on May 18 over alleged "sexist slur" made against the community in the web series.

Earlier this week, the Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh (BhaGoYuP), the youth wing of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, had also started an online campaign seeking that a particular scene is muted and the corresponding sub-title is uploaded again with a disclaimer.

The group alleged that the objectionable remarks have been used against a woman character, whose name suggests she belongs to the Khasi community of Meghalaya.

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The Gorkha groups also stated that the web series normalises racism against the community.

"Such stereotyping not only maligns the community as a whole but normalises such racism as a standard practice for the people. It sets a distorted image among people regarding a certain community, the brunt of which, the people living there have to face," said Nanda Kirati Dewan, president of the Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh.

The Gorkha groups have also threatened legal action against Ms Sharma.