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Aamir dragged to court over Delhi Belly

PTI
July 12, 2011

First Published: 12:12 IST(12/7/2011)
Last Updated: 14:37 IST(12/7/2011)

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Aamir Khan's latest production venture Delhi Belly, which has been hogging the headlines for its risqué content and expletives, revolves around the life of youth in urban India. Here's a look at the movie stills. Read Story: Aamir tones down Delhi Belly| Video: Aamir Khan on Delhi Belly

An event manager and small time filmmaker has dragged actor-producer Aamir Khan to court for showing "obscene" acts in the film Delhi Belly which released last week.

The complaint was filed on July 8 by Farah Ayaz Ghani in suburban Bandra Court against producers -- Aamir Khan, his wife

Kiran Rao and Ronnie Screwvala -- director Abhinay Deo and writer Akshat Verma under various sections of IPC.

The filmmakers have been charged under IPC sections 292 (obscenity) and 295 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.

Magistrate Vasant Patil has fixed July 27 for recording statement of the complainant, her lawyer Prashant Pansare told PTI.

Ghani alleged that vulgar and foul language was been used in the film which also showed the hero (Imran Khan) in a kissing scene with heroine (Poorna Jagannathan).

Both actors were dressed in burkha in the scene and had hurt the religious sentiments of the minority community because burkha does not allow such acts, the complainant maintained.

Pansare said Ghani is an event manager and a small time film producer.

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Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan an actor, producer and director was born on March 14, 1965. He started his career as a child actor at the age of eight in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973).