A filmmaker has filed a complaint against Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for referring to Delhi’s policemen with the derogatory slang term “thulla” in his 2014 blockbuster ‘PK’.
The complaint was filed by short-film maker Ullhas PR on Sunday in East Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar police station. The complaint comes weeks after a controversy over the usage of the term by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a television interview.
“I saw the film on July 26 on TV. In the film, Aamir has called a police officer ‘thulla’ in one scene. Since last four to five days, I was thinking if a complaint can be filed against Delhi CM for using the same word then why hasn’t any police official filed a complaint against him, whose films are seen across the world,” Ullhas said.
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Complaint by the Filmmaker Ullhas against Aamir Khan:
The complaint by the filmmaker reads,”Using a derogatory and demeaning term like ‘thulla’ to refer to police personnel is equivalent to referring to all Delhi Police officials as lethargic and unproductive, This word, thus has, harmed the reputation of Delhi police in the eyes of the public including Delhi Police’s family and friends.
“Such remark, coming from someone like Actor Aamir Khan’s stature, was intended to provoke breach of trust”.
“I’m not a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). From this complaint, one thing will be cleared whether the central government wants to pressurise Delhi government or Delhi Police actually feels offended by this term,” he said.
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He gave DVDs to the police of the particular scene in which Aamir is seen relieving himself on the walls of Red Fort before using the slang “thulla” in PK Movie. Mr Ullhas said the police officials told him that they will take his complaint to higher authorities for further consideration.
The Delhi-based short film maker, had earlier also filed a complaint against megastar Amitabh Bachchan for “not singing the National Anthem in a proper manner”.