FIR Against Ranveer Singh for IFFI Chavundi Daiva Mimicry

Bengaluru police have registered a First Information Report against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh for allegedly disrespecting the sacred Chavundi Daiva traditions and outraging religious feelings during an event at the International Film Festival of India in Goa last November.

The incident occurred on November 28, 2025, at the festival's closing ceremony, where Singh praised the performance of actor Rishab Shetty from the film Kantara Chapter 1 and imitated a key scene involving the deity. According to the complaint, Singh referred to Chavundi Daiva as a "female ghost" and performed the mimicry despite Shetty's prior request not to do so. The act, which went viral on social media, drew accusations of deliberate mockery of a revered cultural and religious practice in coastal Karnataka.

The FIR was filed on January 28, 2026, at the High Grounds police station in Bengaluru following a complaint by Prashanth Methal, a 46-year-old local advocate. Officials registered the case under sections 196, 299, and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which address threats to public order and social cohesion, deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings, and intentional wounding of...