Thaindian News

November 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Director Rohit Shetty was a happy man on this Diwali as his festive release Golmaal 3 was a grand success and he was receiving good response at the Box Office. However, the happy days seems to be over for him as the producers of the film have been served a legal notice by the Indian Stammering Association (TISA) for allegedly making fun of people who stammer.

The trailers of the movie also showed the character of Shreyas Talpade stammering while delivering dialogues while his friends making fun of him. But, there was not any objection from any organization at that pont of time. Now, as the movie has succeeded at the Box office, TISA has sent this legal notice.

The association says that the film has made fun of the stammering people so the filmmakers must delete the scenes where Talpade’s character Laxman has been shown stammering. It will be tough for the producers to fulfill the demand because the film has already successfully completed more than a week in the theaters.

According to a source, the producers will have to respond to the notice before December 14 as that date has been set as the deadline. The notice was served by the Uttarakhand court.

The news was confirmed by Shri Astavinayaka Cinevision spokesperson, who added that their legal department is studying the matter. However, they said that their intention was never to hurt anyone with a physical disability of any kind.

Shreyas Talpade, whose character stammers in the film, has not taken the issue easily. He gave a very stern reaction on this legal notice. The actor said that it was just a character and was not pointed to anyone particular. He raised a very crucial question by asking the association that why they consider the disabled person different from others when the film is not doing it. He also mentioned the constraints coming on the way of making a film. Shreyas said that if such issues keep arising then someday the makers will just left with one option and that is to make silent films.

Well, we agree with Shreyas because a new trend has started these days where people start creating problems or raising problems whenever a film becomes successful! This has become a easy way to be in the limelight!

–Sampurn Wire