Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, who mimicked Kannada actor Rishab Shetty’s scene from Kantara: Legend Chapter-1, has been booked in Karnataka for “insulting and mocking the sacred Daiva tradition”.
An FIR has been registered against star Dhurandhar in Karnataka’s Bengaluru under sections 196, 299, 302 BNS.
The FIR states: “On 28/11/2025, during the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held in Goa, the accused Ranveer Singh, while present on stage and in the presence of the hero of the film Kantara: Chapter 1, allegedly performed acts which insulted and mocked the sacred Daiva tradition… Referring to the serious spirit described as insulting the deity Hindu Religious Beliefs and Practices… He alleges that the act of the accused was willful, deliberate and malicious, aimed at outraging the religious sentiments, not only of his millions of Hindu devotees by promoting enmity, hatred and disharmony among various religion-based groups in the society and insulting his religious beliefs towards Chavundi Daiva, thereby promoting disrespect to sacred tradition and disturbing harmony.”
