{"id":10303,"date":"2011-09-12T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-12T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:09:36","slug":"Ban-for-actress-Nikhita-Thukral-over-Darshan-affair-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10303","title":{"rendered":"Ban for actress Nikhita Thukral over Darshan &#8216;affair&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indian actress Nikhita Thukral has been banned from appearing in Kannada language films for three years over an alleged affair with another actor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kannada Film Producers&#8217; Association imposed the ban on Ms Thukral saying she had spoiled the &#8220;domestic harmony of a fellow actor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She denies having an affair with the actor, known as Darshan, a popular action hero in southern India.<\/strong><br \/>\n.<br \/>\nMs Thukral, from the state of Punjab, said the ban is &#8220;ridiculous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She says that nobody ever consulted her to get her version of events.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after Darshan was arrested on charges of domestic violence three days ago, <strong>following a complaint from his wife, Vijaylakshmi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She alleged that he had beaten her and threatened her with a gun but she later withdrew the complaint.<\/strong> The argument was reportedly over the alleged affair with Ms Thukral.<\/p>\n<p>After his arrest, hundreds of Darshan&#8217;s fans held protests in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state, forcing police to use canes to disperse stone-throwing groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Kannada Film Producers&#8217; Association says that Ms Thukral has created trouble in Darshan&#8217;s domestic life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Nikhita [Thukral] apologizes for her behavior and says she will just work in films and not get involved in domestic affairs of fellow actors, we will withdraw the ban,&#8221; association president Munirathnam told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He said it was the first time such a ban had been imposed on an actress adding that &#8220;it is a lesson for others&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Thukral, who has acted in several Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language films, has consistently denied any romantic links with Darshan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing between us beyond a professional relationship. If Darshan has a problem with his wife, how am I responsible,&#8221; she asked?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The association said the actress was free to challenge the ban in a court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Correspondents say that within the film industry, there is opposition to the ban with some members calling it &#8220;unprofessional&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-south-asia-14877648\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian actress Nikhita Thukral has been banned from appearing in Kannada language films for three years over an alleged affair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Indian actress Nikhita Thukral has been banned from appearing in Kannada language films for three years over an alleged affair","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":122,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}