Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files has really worked its magic on viewers across India. Such has been the impact of the film that viewers have even stopped other movies in cinema halls in order for The Kashmir Files to be shown instead of it.

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Even Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has admitted defeat that Kashmir Files has led to the drowning of his Bachchan Pandey film in theatres.

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Now, the success of the film has also elevated the position and popularity of Vivek Agnihotri, with the director being in the news quite often these days.

However, while he's gotten a lot of praise from people and fans, there have been times that it's not been for the right reasons.

Well, Vivek has landed himself in trouble as he now faces a police complaint about his remark of comparing 'Bhopalis' as 'homosexuals'.

"I was brought up in Bhopal, but I am not Bhopali. The word Bhopali has a different connotation. I will tell you in private or you can ask some Bhopali. If you call someone a Bhopali it means the person is homosexual who has nawabi desires," he said.

Soon after this, a complaint was filed against him at Mumbai’s Versova Police Station on Saturday (March 26). According to reports, it was filed by a 27-year-old PR manager named Rohit Pandey, who is a resident of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

Pandey sought the registration of an urgent FIR against Agnihotri under Sections 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 500, and 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for “insulting” and “disrespecting his native place.

“My client states that he recently got acquainted with the said video and found it extremely shameful and embarrassing as he hails from Bhopal and that he completely vehemently denies and reject the said malicious slander committed by the accused not just against his native city being BHOPAL but has also defamed the whole state of Madhya Pradesh and India,” said the complainant’s advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh.

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The advocate also spoke on home Agnihotri "tarnished the reputation of the city, state and country” by “calling Bhopalis as homosexuals” and even "ashamed the homosexual community" as he has “made fun of them”. 

Source: ABP Live

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