Tuesday, June 9, 2026
ADVT 
Bollywood

Ram Gopal Varma summoned for poking fun at Lord Ganesha

Darpan News Desk, 28 Jun, 2017 01:18 PM
  • Ram Gopal Varma summoned for poking fun at Lord Ganesha
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has got summons for making fun of Lord Ganesha through his Twitter account.
 
A court in Andheri issued the summons on the complaint of Vivek Shetty, social activist and managing director of Indus Communications, read a statement. 
 
Shetty said: "I am delighted by the summons issued by the honourable court. I will pursue this case to it's logical conclusion and further I hope, this will go a long way in maintaining peace and harmony in society at large."
 
Varma in 2014 posted certain tweets and jocular remarks on Lord Ganesha, and they were condemned as objectionable and in poor taste.
 
From sharing a distasteful post on Sania Mirza to his views on actress Sunny Leone - Varma has got into trouble due to his Twitter posts off and on.

MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

Jimmy Kimmel Announces 'Trump-free' Episode

Jimmy Kimmel Announces 'Trump-free' Episode
In the wake of the Oscars presentation function, which saw several jokes aimed at US President Donald Trump, host Jimmy Kimmel declared on his TV show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" a 'Trump-free' episode.

Jimmy Kimmel Announces 'Trump-free' Episode

Freedom Is Main Attraction Of Hip-hop, Says Rapper Raftaar

Popular rapper Raftaar, known for songs like "Warna Gabbar aa jaega", "Singh And Kaur", "Toh dishoom", "Dhaakad" and "Haseeno ka deewana", says the free-flow nature of hip-hop makes the genre enjoyable for all music lovers.

Freedom Is Main Attraction Of Hip-hop, Says Rapper Raftaar

You May Have Written Poems But I Have Made History For India: Yogeshwar’s Retort To Javed Akhtar

You May Have Written Poems But I Have Made History For India: Yogeshwar’s Retort To Javed Akhtar
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt hit back at Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar who seemingly took a jibe at him over his tweet on the controversy over Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur’s stand on the Ramjas college violence.

You May Have Written Poems But I Have Made History For India: Yogeshwar’s Retort To Javed Akhtar

B-Town Backs Gurmehar Kaur, Javed Akhtar Slams Virendra Sehwag, Yogeshwar Dutt

B-Town Backs Gurmehar Kaur, Javed Akhtar Slams Virendra Sehwag, Yogeshwar Dutt
Akhtar, who has earlier too spoken out against "rising intolerance", wondered how an "educated" person like Rijiju had remarked as to who was "polluting" the mind of Kaur, who made a Facebook post with the hashtag #studentsagainstABVP. 

B-Town Backs Gurmehar Kaur, Javed Akhtar Slams Virendra Sehwag, Yogeshwar Dutt

WATCH: Priyanka Interviews Jennifer Aniston At Oscars 2017 Backstage

WATCH: Priyanka Interviews Jennifer Aniston At Oscars 2017 Backstage
Priyanka Chopra's Oscars 2017 Dress Is Great. It's Her Interview With Jennifer Aniston That's Meme-worthy. Watch Video Oscars 2017: In Which Priyanka Chopra Interviews Jennifer Aniston

WATCH: Priyanka Interviews Jennifer Aniston At Oscars 2017 Backstage

Shakti Kapoor Confirms Kader Khan Rushed To Canada After Botched-Up Knee Surgery

Amid buzz that Kader Khan had to be rushed to Canada to seek medical help for a knee surgery gone wrong, a source close to the veteran writer and actor's family said "everything" is fine with him.

Shakti Kapoor Confirms Kader Khan Rushed To Canada After Botched-Up Knee Surgery