Nawazuddin booked for 'abusing' Rajiv Gandhi on Netflix show 'Sacred Games'
Mumbai, July 10 (IBNS): A complaint has been filed against actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for allegedly abusing former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the newly launched web series 'Sacred Games', which premiered on Netflix.
Besides Nawazuddin, the producers of the show have been booked for insulting the Congress PM.
Netflix has also been named in the complaint filed by a Congress member in West Bengal.
According to reports, Congress leader Rajiv Sinha, in his letter to the Kolkata Police, stated that Nawazuddin playing the role of Ganesh Gaitonde "abused our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi calling him fattu, which translated as pu*** in the subtitle".
The first original Indian series on Netflix, directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, is already grabbing limelight for its sex scenes.
The debut season talks about the events which have proved to be turning points in Indian history.
It goes back to the times of Emergency period imposed by former Congress PM Indira Gandhi.
The infamous Bofors scam during the regime of Rajiv Gandhi also finds its place in the launch series.
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