For months, news stories have been about the fight between Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar and actress Kangana Ranaut. In 2020, Javed Akhtar made a complaint against Kangana after she said he had threatened her during her public fight with actor Hrithik Roshan over their alleged affair.
In a dramatic turn, Kangana filed a counter-complaint against Javed Akhtar, accusing the famous lyricist of 'extortion and criminal intimidation.' In reaction to Kangana's counter-complaint, Javed Akhtar was recently told to show up in court in Mumbai. This is a new step in the legal battle.
The court's decision came after a careful review. The case of extortion against Javed Akhtar was thrown out, but it found enough evidence to move forward with charges of criminal intimidation and actions meant to insult a woman's modesty under sections 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court made its decision based on what was said in the case, how the complainant confirmed it, and what Kangana's sister, Rangoli Chandel, said.
Javed Akhtar said that Kangana had used his name in an interview when she talked about a 'coterie' in Bollywood after the tragic death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. This started the heated fight.
Kangana said in her counter-complaint that Javed Akhtar had called her and her sister to his house with bad intentions and then threatened and scared her. This was because of the public fight she had with Hrithik Roshan.
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As the court case goes on, the tension between these two famous people in the entertainment industry doesn't seem to be going away. Javed Akhtar's much-anticipated court date on August 5 is sure to get a lot of attention from the media and fans alike as the legal drama plays out.