'Pati Patni aur Panga' starring Adah Sharma gets legal notice over 'transphobic' content

A legal tice has been sent to show makers of ah Sharma starrer Pati Patni Aur Panga and CEO of MX player. show is deemed as offensive and disrespectful to LGBTQ community and legal tice states that show is “transphobic & defamatory”. It has been demanded that show be taken down immediately from all platforms and an unconditional apology be issued by OTT platform and show makers for a period of one month.

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Pati Patni Aur Panga gets legal tice for Transphobic content

A legal tice is issued to Mr Vineet Jain, MD of Bennet Coleman & Co. and Mr Karan Bedi, CEO of MX Player. plaintiff has complained that several dialogues and scenes in series shows trans people as highly sexual and being fetishised. series, according to plaintiff, promotes stereos about trans individuals and homosexuality. Some points in legal tice are:

• trailer as well as all episodes of show are blatantly transphobic, misogynistic, malicious, factually incorrect, and derogatory and defamatory against queer and trans persons, and all members of LGBTQIA community. trailer and all episodes of show perpetuate and propagate social stigma, stereos, and humiliations faced by queer and trans persons.
• That show furr ridicules, trivializes and humorizes lived experiences of all women, including and especially transwomen, who face violence, abuse, discrimination and oppression on a daily basis.

above points are t only points that are mentioned in legal tice.

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" show must be taken down immediately": demands plaintiff

legal tice lists a number of problematic dialogues and scenes that are showcased in series. plaintiff demands that trailer, show, posters and anything promoting show be taken down immediately. Here is are some such demands me by plaintiff:

A. Immediately take down show and its trailer from MX Player and all or platforms/websites owned or operated by you and cease its brocasting 

B. Immediately take down all social media posts, including videos and photos, promoting or referring to show or its trailer, published on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc. or any or social media accounts, owned or operated by you, or by any member of cast, crew, producers, or anyone related to making of show. 

C. Immediately taken down all news articles in all your newspapers (in all langus and regional editions), online portals, etc. promoting or referring to show or its trailer. 

D. Issue an unconditional apology, as given under, which will be published on first p of all your newspapers (of all langus and regional editions), every day for one month, in bold heings

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Pati Patni Aur Panga legal tice

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Pati Patni Aur Panga cast

show stars ah Sharma, Naveen Kasturia and Hiten Tejwani. show is directed by Abir Sengupta. show released on December 11th.