Akshay Kumar’s ‘Garam Masala’ co-star Neetu Chandra files PIL against rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh for his new song, says ‘Women shown just as sex objects’

Noted actor Neetu Chandra has filed a public interest litigation in the Patna High Court, complaining against alleged vulgarity in singer Yo Yo Honey Singh’s latest chartbuster ‘Maniac’.

The PIL, which is likely to come up for hearing later this month, has named Singh and those who have collaborated with him on the song, including lyricist Leo Grewal and Bhojpuri singers Ragini Vishwakarma and Arjun Ajanabi.

In her petition, the Patna-born actress, who has featured in a number of Bollywood movies and produced a couple of critically acclaimed Bhojpuri and Maithili films, has sought a direction from the court to the respondents to “amend the lyrics”.

She has contended that the song “portrays overt sexualisation”, with “women shown as just sex objects”.

She has also alleged that the song uses “Bhojpuri language to normalise vulgarity” and throws “women’s empowerment out of the window”.

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“The song is encouraging people who have an evil eye towards women,” she said in an interview with the Bihar Tak channel

“Why did those lines have to be in Bhojpuri? It’s because we Bihari’s don’t say anything or object to them. Let them play with our language, it’s like it has no respect,” Chandra added.

With added inputs from agencies