Dhurandhar star Ranveer Singh moves Karnataka HC to quash FIR against him in Kantara row | Bollywood News
2 min readBengaluruFeb 23, 2026 09:22 PM Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has moved the Karnataka High Court, challenging the FIR and quashing of a criminal case regered against him over alleged insult to a ‘deity’ while mimicking Kantara – Chapter 1 film.
The controversy relates to remarks allegedly made the actor at the Filmfare Awards event in Goa while speaking about the film Kantara. He is accused of imitating a Daiva and calling it ‘devil’.
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Based on a complaint lodged advocate Prashanth, an FIR was regered at the High Grounds police station. Police had earlier issued notices to Singh in connection with the case.
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As there was no response from the actor, the High Grounds police recently initiated steps to proceed with further legal action, police sources said. The case is led for hearing before the bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on February 24.
Ranveer Singh was most recently seen in director Aditya Dhar’s spy action thriller Dhurandhar (2025). He is now gearing up for the release of its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which will hit the screens on March 19, 2026.
