Pay Rs.200 Crore As Damages: Sunny Deol To Anil Ambani

[Arun 795]

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 4:02 IST

DNA India

Humour has its grim side as radio station Big FM 92.7 would have learnt recently, with actor Sunny Deol crying foul over one of the station's shows, Son Sonny, that he claims "is cheap comedy and in very bad taste".

At a press conference on Tuesday, Deol's lawyer Ashok Saraogi said, "All kinds of derogatory, defamatory, scandalous and libelous remarks have been made against my client, his father and brothers. My client was further shocked to notice that cheap comedy is sought to be made by utilizing the voice patterns and acting[styles] of my client and his father. Also the station is using Sunny's name which makes people think he is actually participating in the show. Sunny is deeply disturbed by this."

Saraogi added that the radio station has been given a notice period of seven days to pay damages of Rs200 crore to the actor. "If we do not get a response from them, we will file a suit against them in the Bombay high court."

If need be, he said, they would also initiate criminal proceedings under section 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code which attracts a punishment of up to two years' imprisonment.

"I have nothing against mimicry but it should not be ugly. Everybody has a social responsibility," said Deol, adding that his family had been putting up with the show for long but it had caused him far too much hurt. "I would not want to get into the specifics of the show's content but you have to hear it yourself. It provokes me, makes me very upset," he said.

In the legal notice issued to Anil Ambani, Tarun Katyal, Ashutosh Khanna, BigFM 92.7 and Reliance Big Entertainment on July 31, Saraogi said, "For the past several months, it has been noticed and experienced that wherever my client passes from, remarks are made against my client and people are not looking at him with the same respect."

Owing to the damage caused to his image on the show that is becoming increasingly popular, the legal notice says, Sunny has also lost out on many film offers from different producers.

The notice further states, "A film artiste and particularly, the artiste, who is holding an image of lead hero/macho man, cannot be portrayed as funny/comic figure before the people at large and that too, casually and/or regularly such that he becomes a laughing stock."

[savramesh 37]

here money only matters. once 200 crore is paid sunny's image in society will be restored.. and if another 200 crore is given then big fm can continue using his false voice...

[Sadikk 301]

Well said Ramesh

[KumaarShah 143]

I doubt if ADA ever pays up...

[@mitJ@in 256]

ADA wont pay a single penny; They will find some other way to protest themselves.

[savramesh 37]

ADA will send a return notice asking 200 crore for popularizing sunny..

[KumaarShah 143]

[savramesh 37]

or even ADA will simply share the loss of 200 crore with its customers

Note: i am just saying all possibilities..lets wait and see.

Edited August 5, 2009 by savramesh

[KumaarShah 143]

You mean he will start charging us more for this loss????

Or do you mean that he will share this loot of Rs 200 crore from Sunny Deol with us in the form of lower charges????

[Harshal 11]

LOL

This is a radio station, how can he pass the buck to the customer. You mean he will pass on the loss to another sister company.

I must admit that I am regular listener to the "Son Sunny" snippets on Big FM, even though it may be funny most of the times, it is extremely insulting to the whole Deol family. It's pretty cheap humor.