MUMBAI: Film-maker Karan Johar recently came under the radar and has been slapped with a lawsuit which may lead to him serving a prison sentence, reported Cosmopolitan.
Three of his production houses, Dharma Productions, Endemol Productions and Kamla Pasand are
reportedly in a troublesome situation as the Delhi Health Department (DHD) has filed a notice against them due to the screening of a ‘Kamla Pasand’ advertisement during the show—India’s Next Superstar.
KJo has been sent the notice for violating the COTPA (Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act), which could land him in jail for a period up to 5 years.
Last year, the Delhi Health Department had issued a strict agreement notice to the film-maker, Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, and others for promoting smoking in the promotional posters of their film, Ittefaq.
The reason behind their intervention is clear, a show that is a platform for aspiring commoners to be an actor in the industry — aired within prime time and watched by the country’s youngsters with an impressionable mind — needs to be careful about their endorsements and content.
