Netflix is facing legal notice after airing lewd conversations about Indian actresses Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai.
According to reports, an indecent conversation between two characters from the popular American sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory’ was shown in the first episode of the second season.
Kunal Nayyar, who played Raj Koothrappali in the show, made disparaging comments about the legendary Indian actress.
Seeing this, Madhuri’s fan, author, and social activist Mithun Vijay Kumar has sent Netflix a legal notice.
The notice has demanded that the show’s derogatory scenes involving Madhuri be removed because the words used are not only unacceptable and disrespectful, but they can also be found causing confusion against female characters.
If Netflix does not remove the episode from its platform, legal action will be taken, according to the notice.
Recently, I came across an episode of the show Big Bang Theory on Netflix where Kunal Nayyar’s character uses an offensive and derogatory term to refer to the legendary Bollywood actress @MadhuriDixit. As a fan of Madhuri Dixit since childhood, I was deeply disturbed by the… pic.twitter.com/pvRCKd5Ne4
— Mithun Vijay Kumar (@MVJonline) March 22, 2023
It should be noted that during a scene in the first episode, Sheldon Cooper’s character compares Aishwarya Rai to Madhuri Dixit and says, ‘Aishwarya Rai is the poor version of Madhavi Dixit.’
In response, a character named Raj koothrappali says, ‘Aishwarya Rai is a goddess while Madhuri Dixit…
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Madhuri Dixit sent legal notice to Netflix after this video:
Madhuri Dixit Nene is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. A leading actress in Indian cinema, she has appeared in over 70 films. Noted by critics for her beauty, dancing skills, and characters, Dixit was credited for singularly paralleling her male contemporaries and leading star vehicles in a male-dominated industry.
She was among the country’s highest-paid celebrities throughout the 1990s and early 2000s and has featured in Forbes India‘s Celebrity 100 list since its inception in 2012. Her accolades include six Filmfare Awards from a record 17 nominations.
In 2008, the Government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honor in the country.
