Legal trouble for Kamal Haasan post his remark on Mahabharata

Pranavananda Swami from Basaveshwara Mutt on Sunday filed a police complaint against actor Kamal Haasan for allegedly insulting the Mahabharata. The Swami had demanded an apology from the actor.

While responding to a question about violence against women, particularly in the film industry,  in an interview to a Tamil TV channel, Kamal Haasan said that in India, people read even books like the epic Mahabharat, in which "even a woman was pledged in gamble, as a bet"  in an apparent reference to Draupadi.

Reacting to this comment, Parvananda Swami told PTI, "It is unbecoming of actor Kamal Haasan to hurt the sentiments of any religious community, including Christians and Muslims. He has been in the thick of controversies even in the past, and we demand he should apologise." 

A complaint has been filed against the actor in a court in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu by Hindu Makkal Katchi over his remarks.