Why Salman Khan Filed A Defamation Case Against KRK?

The legal firm representing Salman Khan has refuted KRK's allegations that the actor filed a defamation case against him for giving poor reviews to his latest release 'Radhe'.

Salman's legal team clarifies he didn't file a defamation case against KRK due to 'Radhe' review

Mumbai: DSK Legal, a legal firm which advocates for Salman Khan and Salman Khan’s ventures, issued a statement on Thursday (May 27) to reveal that the Bollywood actor sued Kamaal R Khan for defamation for ‘endorsing defamatory allegations’ against him. After receiving the legal notice, KRK claimed that he faced a defamation suit for reviewing Salman’s Eid 2021 release ‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’.  

The firm representing Salman refuted the allegations and said that the suit was filed as KRK defamed the ‘Race 3’ star for several months.  

“Mr. Kamaal R Khan, the Defendant, has put out a series of tweets and videos alleging that Mr. Salman Khan has sued him for defamation because the Defendant reviewed the film, Radhe. This is incorrect. The suit has been filed as the Defendant has been publishing and endorsing defamatory allegations, including that Mr. Salman Khan is corrupt, that he and his brand “Being Human” are involved in fraud, manipulation and money laundering transactions, that he and Salman Khan Films are dacoits. The Defendant has been spreading malicious falsehoods and defaming Mr. Salman Khan consistently over several months, clearly with a view to draw attention to himself,” the statement read. 

DSK Legal further said that KRK’s lawyer has a made a statement in Court that the self-proclaimed critic will ‘not share any remarks of defamatory nature’ against the ‘Sultan’ actor on social media till the next hearing date.  

“Mr. Kamaal R. Khan’s lawyer made a statement in Court today that Mr. Kamaal R. Khan “will not put any remarks of defamatory nature against plaintiff on social media till next date”. The Hon’ble Court has been pleased to pass an order taking into account this statement made by Mr. Kamaal,” the statement said. 

Salman’s legal team released the statement a day after KRK alleged that the actor was affected by his review of ‘Radhe’ and hence, he sued him. The actor-turned-critic said that he won’t review Salman’s films from now on.  

 "I said so many times that I never review film of any producer, actor if he asks me to not review. Salman Khan filed defamation case on me for review of #Radhe means he is getting too much affected by my review. Hence, I won't review his films anymore. My last video releasing today," the ‘Bigg Boss 3’ contestant wrote on the micro-blogging site. 

'Radhe', which has been directed by Prabhu Deva, released on May 13 on ZEEPlex and leading DTH operators. It received scathing reviews from the critics but managed to garner solid numbers across all the platforms on first day.

The action drama also stars Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff and Randeep Hooda in key roles.