It's Controversial/ Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja send legal notice to content creator with 7k followers

Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja are once again in the news after the latter allegedly sent a legal notice to a digital content creator named Raginyy. The notice stems from a YouTube video in which the YouTuber humorously critiqued some of the actress' public statements. This incident has sparked a debate among netizens, who are surprised by the legal action taken against a relatively obscure content creator with a video that had just 7,000 followers.

2 things you need to know

• Raginyy uploaded a roast video on YouTube on April 20, 2023. 
• This has led to an extensive discussion on social media about freedom of expression, criticism, and the use of legal actions in response to online content.

What was in the roast video?

Raginyy uploaded a video on her YouTube channel where she playfully poked fun at certain past interviews and comments made by Sonam Kapoor. The video contained moments of light-hearted roasting, highlighting some of the humorous, “dumb” and questionable statements made by the actress in the past. Raginyy, however, also praised Sonam for her acting skills in the end and emphasised that she was often criticised for her responses during interviews. 

How did Anand Ahuja react to the video?

The twist in this story comes with Anand Ahuja's reaction to the video. He reportedly sent a legal notice to Raginyy, expressing his displeasure with the video's content. Ahuja's notice allegedly conveyed his anger over the public platform's critique of his wife Sonam Kapoor and the analysis of unkind comments aimed at Sonam Kapoor.

What was written in Sonam-Anand's legal notice?

Raginyy took to her Instagram story and shared a photo of the legal notice sent to her by Anand Ahuja. It read, "To whomsoever it may concern, We, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Anand Ahuja are fashion entrepreneurs, public figures and licensee distributors of various global brands in India such as Veg Non Veg, Bhaane and strategic partners for Nike stores, Rise in Cargo and Converse shoes across the Indian subcontinent. Also, Mr Anand Ahuja is the Managing director of one of India's largest export houses called Shahi Exports. We are proud to mention that our export business is India's largest apparel manufacturer and exporter and we have 65 state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities across 9 Indian states along with a diverse workforce of over 10,000 people."

"Given the rise of our popularity with the brands that we market in India, we are apprehensive that certain individuals with vested interest/competitors have been indulging in nefarious activities to tarnish the reputation of our brands, individual family members etc and this has a profound implication on our reputation that we have strived hard to uphold,"  the statement further read.

"Hence, we have exclusively authorised M/s. Aiplex Software Pvt Ltd having their registered office at Rajeshwari Nagar Bengaluru to be our online reputation management solution provider to undertake all activities and actions over the internet to engage and neutralise fake profiles created in the names of our family members, illegal rumours, misquotes in interviews, photos, comments, personal information uploaded on social media, defamatory comments, trolls, concocted stories, gossips, negative news and negative review about our fashion brands and business that would be potential targets for sabotage across the internet. Such authorisation will be valid for 6 months (i.e from 15th Feb, 2023 to 15th June, 2023)," the notice concluded.