{"id":300425,"date":"2018-07-16T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=300425"},"modified":"2018-07-16T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:53:33","slug":"sacred-games-delhi-hc-says-actors-cannot-be-held-liable-for-the-dialogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sacred-games-delhi-hc-says-actors-cannot-be-held-liable-for-the-dialogues\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Games: Delhi HC says actors cannot be held liable for the dialogues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-300426 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DHC-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/DHC-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/DHC-642x420.jpg 642w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/DHC.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Delhi High Court (HC) on July 16 while hearing the petition demanding deletion of certain scenes from Netflix web series &#8216;Sacred Games&#8217; as they allegedly defamed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said that the actors cannot be held liable for the dialogues in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The plea also alleged that the web series incorrectly depicted historical events of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar has said that it has gone through the CD of the series, placed on record by the petitioner, and there was nothing urgent in it as all the episodes have been aired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The court added that since all the episodes have already been aired, nothing new episode will come up, and has adjourned the matter to July 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Senior advocate Chander Lal, appearing for Netflix, and senior advocate Rajiv Nayar, representing production house Phantom, have said that the series has in total eight episodes that have already been aired and does not require a CBFC (Central Board of Film certificate).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The controversy sparked over the &#8216;sacred games&#8217; when a complaint was filed by Rajiv Sinha, a Congress member from West Bengal, alleging that the series was &#8220;misrepresenting facts during his (Rajiv Gandhi) regime&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nikhil Bhalla (associated with Congress) has also filed the public interest litigation. He alleged that the show has some scenes where derogatory language has been used against Rajiv Gandhi. The petition also alleges that the show \u201cincorrectly depicts historical events of the country like Bofors case, Shah Bano case, Babri Masjid case and communal riots\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that his father lived and died in the service of India and \u201cthe views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court (HC) on July 16 while hearing the petition demanding deletion of certain scenes from Netflix web series &#8216;Sacred Games&#8217; as they allegedly defamed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said that the actors cannot be held liable for the dialogues in the series. 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