Veteran director Prakash Jha had to face the heat of social media after he denied getting any legal notice from Karni Sena. Various reports suggested that filmmaker Prakash Jha's web series, Aashram, was served a legal notice for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments.
Report stated that the legal notice was sent to the OTT platform MX Player, which streams the show, as well as producer-director Jha, on the ground of "directly targeting the ancient tradition, custom, culture of Hindu, Ashramas Dharma". The notice was sent by Surjeet Singh, Pradesh Sangathan Mahamantri of Karni Sena.
However, Prakash Jhan denied getting any legal notice. In an interview with a web-portal Bollywoodlife.com, he said, "I am also not sure who had sent that notice. First, we came to know that someone sent it, then later the same people said, 'No sir, we did not send it, someone else sent it as fake news."
"Prior to the release, everyone likes to say their own things, but after the release, they all get to know that I've said nothing against Hinduism. So, please don't thrust me into any controversy as four and a half million people have seen this. So, I don't know what else to say. The public can clearly see and tell that there's nothing of the sort in the show. Yes, everybody has a right to put their point of view in the public domain, and everyone is welcome, there's no harm," added Prakash Jha.
Following this, the people on social media started slamming Prakash Jha:
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A user wrote, "Request you to please send the email with this demand to Hon’ble Minister for Home Affairs, Hon’ble Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Hon’ble Ministry of Defence and Hon’ble Minister of State for Defence."
Another user wrote, "The web series continues efforts to degrade Hinduism. Prakash Jha's web series "Ashram" deprecates the image of Hindu saints to malign the faith of Hindus, how long will it continue to play with Hindus? #Ashram जरासा आदर करो साधू संतो का." "The Bollywood Gang and Media Channels (Most of them) are the side effects of @INCIndia and @cpimspeak eco-system developed in past 70 years. It will take another 5 to 10 years to get rid of these termites who have rotten our entire system including judiciary," added another user.