A day after an NGO issued a notice to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public, a case was filed against the actor in a local here for allegedly promoting alcoholism by appearing in a liquor commercial.
A case was also filed against the manufacture of “Master Stroke Delux Whishly”, the brand endorsed by the film star.
In a petition filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepesh Tiwari, complainant Vinod Kumar Tripathi said he saw a hoarding of the whisky brand featuring Shah Rhkh Khan with a catch line : “Success needs a master stroke”, reading which people chasing the brand.
The petitioner while filed the case demanded action against the actor for promoting alcoholism.
Advertising any of the alcohol or tobacco-based product and its consumption at public places is banned in the country.
Only yesterday National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) had issued a legal notice to the actor for smoking in public during two recent events – the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai and Hindustan Times Summit in
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