Overview
- Salman Khan’s legal team sent a formal notice in early June demanding that makers remove promotional material and stop Kala Hiran from being released, warning of further legal action if demands are not met.
- The notice alleges the project is defamatory, violates Khan’s personality rights, and could interfere with ongoing judicial proceedings in the long-running 1998 blackbuck case.
- Producer Amit Jani has publicly rejected the claim that the film is a Salman Khan biopic, saying it centres on the Bishnoi community and wildlife protection rather than portraying Khan negatively.
- On June 4 the dispute escalated when Jani posted a video tearing up the notice and said he had received hundreds of abusive messages and alleged death threats linked to the controversy.
- The row puts the June teaser and the film’s wider release plans in doubt and highlights a growing legal debate in India over personality rights and how filmmakers adapt real, still-pending cases.