‘Stree 2’ actor Rajkummar Rao surrenders in a 2017 case, granted bail next day- Here’s everything you need to know – Firstpost

Back in 2017, actor Rajkummar Rao did a film called Behen Hogi Teri, which also starred Shruti Haasan. The actor had to surrender in a case related to that film and was granted bail a day later. But what happened exactly?

If reports are to be believed, the actor landed in trouble for hurting the religious sentiments pertaining to a particular scene that caused a stir. To give everyone more clarity, a user wrote- “In Behen Hogi Teri, he was dressed as Lord Shiva on the poster and someone filed a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments in 2017. Now the judiciary will take years (already 8y.) to resolve the matter and it will continue to make headlines from time to time.”

A local Shiv Sena leader lodged a complaint at the Division No 5 police station. The scene related to Lord Shiva was also there in the film where the actor was on a bike. Before his surrender, he had secured anticipatory bail. Upon surrendering, Rajkummar submitted a response to the court, which subsequently granted him bail.

There have been films like PK and Oh My God as well that have caused a stir for hurting religious sentiments in the past.

Rajkummar Rao was the most successful star of 2024. For 2025, he has a film called Maalik coming up that releases in cinemas on July 11. There’s Toasters with Sanya Malhotra as well which marks his and his wife and actress Patralekhaa’s foray into production. This is a Netflix release. Now back to Maalik.

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actor spoke about the working hours on his film sets and how there cannot be any hierarchy. The industry has been weighing on the on-going discussion and debate ever since Deepika Padukone quit Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit due to long working hours. Rao also spoke about giving the same food to his crew members and why there cannot be any hierarchy on his sets.