Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah has been well received by both the audience and critics but now, the makers might land in legal trouble. A Kashmiri Journalist Faraz Ashraf is taking Bollywood’s Dharma Productions to court as he claims the film company has put his life in danger by using his vehicle’s number plate on a car depicted as that of “terrorists” in the movie.

Ashraf tweeted, “Since inception Bollywood has only produced propaganda movies against Kashmir, where till now they were showing Kashmiris collectively as terrorists but this time they have gone too far in attacking me and my family.”

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He also shared the picture of the real car and the car used in the movie. He wrote, “In the movie, "Shershah" produced by @DharmaMovies @karanjohar have used my personal car registration number on the car which is being used by militants in the movie. @OmarAbdullah @AakashHassan @AzaanJavaid @Gaamuk.” Both vehicles feature the same license plate number.

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He further added that an advocate will be handling the case and they will be holding a press conference on the matter soon. “Advocate @shamsubaid15 will be legally handling this case. It’s a request to media friends to highlight this issue. We will soon address a press conference also,” his tweet read.

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He also mentioned that he feels unsafe in traveling in that car as people might take him in a negative light. He also said that he will take legal action against the production house and would urge the court to stop the broadcast of the movie Shershaah in the entire country.

He wrote, “It is a threat to me and my family. I cannot travel in the car as feel safety concerns now due to the move. I have not given any permission to any production house to use the regd no. of my car. I now decided to fight against the @DharmaMovies @DharmaTwoPointO to stop the broadcast of the movie in the entire country. As they have copied my car regd no. and used it in the movie. I am filing a case against the production house.”

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Well, this might have been a creative decision taken by the makers but this is not the first time that Bollywood directors have taken such liberty in using private details of a person without their permission.

In 2019, a similar case happened when the makers of Arjun Patiala used a Delhi-based number for Sunny Leone in one of the scenes in the movie. A Delhi resident named Puneet Agarwal went through some tough days because he was flooded with calls from unknown people.

"I demand action against the makers of the movie for using my number without permission. It has caused me harassment as many of the callers are using offensive language. I am getting calls from ISD numbers,” Mr. Agarwal had said.

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