The KGF 2 teaser got over 140 million views on YouTube since its release. The
many fans loved the high intense action, BGM and the emotions shown in the
teaser. One scene from the teaser where the Yash(rocky Bhai) lights the
cigarette with the red hot barrel machine gun. Over this scene, the Karnataka
health department sends a legal notice to leading star Yash.
According to the Karnataka Health department, the scene contains smoking and
it is mandatory to display the warning as “Smoking is dangerous to health”.
But in the KGF teaser scenes, and posters there is no warning. So the
Karnataka health department sent a legal notice in which the official said:
“Yash, you are a heart-throb and you have an immense fan following. Your
actions should not mislead the youngsters. We want you to join our campaign
against cigarette smoking”. The notice further states that “The actor has a
large number of fans, particularly among the youth. If he smokes (on-screen),
people will emulate him. So, we are asking them to remove the teaser from the
online platforms and also the posters of the movie”.
The official of the Karnataka Health Department and the Karnataka State
Anti-Tobacco Cell asked the KGF2 makers to sought the scene and posters
removal from the teaser. However, the cell didn’t ask to take away the scene
from the film. The notice was sent to director Neel Prashant, the actor Yash,
producer Vijay Kiragandur, and the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce.
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