NCW receives a complaint against ‘Sanju’ for making derogatory remarks on sex workers, two days before its release

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women received a complaint against the movie ‘Sanju’ for allegedly making derogatory remarks against sex workers in the movie, the Commission chairperson said on Wednesday.
 
The complaint, was filed just two days before its release, against the film has alleged that actors Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and director Rajkumar Hirani used derogatory language against sex workers.

"We have received such a complaint, and we are forwarding it to the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre to take necessary action," said Rekha Sharma NCW Chairperson

The EMMC under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been asked to monitor the content on television channels and report it as violations of the programme and advertising code.

The complaint filed by advocate and social activist Gaurav Gulati was referred to two dialogues where Kapoor allegedly "demeans the status of sex workers in the society.”