'Hello T-series, stop being a stooge': Kunal Kamra slams music label over copyright dispute

He took to his X account and shared a screenshot of copyright infringement notice sent by T-series. Along with the screenshot he wrote “Hello @TSeries,stop being a stooge. Parody; Satire comes under fair use Legally. I haven’t used the lyrics or the original instrumental of the song. If you take this video down every cover song/dance video can be taken down. Creators, please take a note of it. Having said that every monopoly in India is nothing short of Mafia so please watch/download this special before it’s taken down. FYI - T- Series I stay in Tamil Nadu.”

For the unversed, comedian Kunal Kamra performed a show a few days ago at the Habitat Studio in Mumbai. During the show, Kunal Kamra sang a parody song and referred to the Deputy CM of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, as a 'Gaddar' (traitor).

The controversy snowballed when Kunal Kamra shared the same video on X account.

While Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress leaders came out in support of Kunal Kamra, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction found it in bad taste and retaliated by attacking Habitat Studio with hammers and other tools.

Following the incident, the Mumbai Police issued a summon on Tuesday for the comedian to record his statement in connection with the case registered against him. According to police sources, a team from Khar police station delivered the summons to Kamra's residence in Mumbai, where his parents reside. However, as Kamra is currently out of Mumbai, the police sent the summons through WhatsApp.

On Tuesday, Kangana Ranaut also reacted to Kunal Kamra’s remark and said "The way he was making fun of me and somewhere, the incident that was done to me illegally, he was making fun of that. I will not connect that incident with this incident at all. The person who is a part of the government or is in power, the person who has it, his honour is everything. You are defaming him in the name of comedy. You are insulting him. You are disregarding his work. Shinde ji used to drive a rickshaw once upon a time. Today he has come so far on his own." IANS