TMKOC is one of the most popular shows on Indian television, has recently been in another controversy. The production house Neela Film Productions issued a notice to the actress Palak Sidhwani, playing the character of Sonu Bhide for breach of contract.
This report presented to Palak was a legal notice as she featured in some third-party endorsements and appearances without written consent by the production house despite her violation of the exclusive artist agreement, where the producers must duly approve any such activity.
Neela Film Productions claims that Palak remained insolent turned down the verbal and written warnings given to her and continued violating the contract, thereby causing irrevocable harm to the character, the show, and the production house. In this case, the production house claimed that it lost the integrity of its character and its series due to those violations.
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She also accused the producers of mental harassment and narrated her side of the story to the media3. Sidhwani had joined the show in 2019 and has been part of it for quite some time now. She was so popular doing the role of Sonu Bhide.
TMKOC was not the first time that TMKOC dug itself into some sort of legal trouble. Recently, the actress Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal, who played Roshan Sodhi, lodged a formal complaint against the producer of the show Asit Modi and other seniors for alleged sexual harassment. Second, the main actor Shailesh Lodha, who was playing the title character, also had to fight a legal battle over his unpaid dues with the makers.
Conclusion
It continues to join the list of controversies surrounding the long-running show “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah” with a legal battle between Palak Sidhwani, one of its most popular show’s actors, and its makers. Viewers and fans sit tight watching this situation as it continues to unravel, changing the future of this lovable series.