A 105-yr-old 'groom' walks into a court... — the unfolding drama in Rohtak over 'Thara Fufa Zinda Hai'

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Turns out, the 105-year-old Rohtak resident was there to submit a plea seeking stay on the soon-to-be released Haryanvi movie, Thara Fufa Zinda Hai, which, according to him, was based on his life..

Taking a note, the court Wednesday issued summons to five parties, including Haryanvi Stage App director and executive director Sanjay Bhasin and Harish Chhabra; Neeraj Chopra, brand ambassador; Vishwas Chauhan alias Comicvishwas, actor; and the Stage-OTT for Bharat (which claims to be worlds first OTT platform in local dialects)...

In his plea jointly filed with Jaihind, Duli Chand submitted that Thara Fufa Jinda Hai (whose rough translation is your uncle [paternal aunts husband] is alive) was a campaign launched by them in August 2022 to tell the authorities that he was alive when his old-age pension was stopped after he was shown dead in official records...

As part of the campaign, Duli Chand attired as a bridegroom sat on a buggy along with Naveen Jaihind while several others danced and carried placards with the message Thara Fufa Jinda Hai...

The injunction plea filed by Duli Chand and Naveen Jaihind submitted that in 2021, the Haryana government stopped paying old age pension to Chand and that he came to know he has been shown as expired in the government records...