

One of the posters of suspense thriller Ittefaq starring Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna shows Khanna lighting a cigarette and this seems to have invited the ire of the the Delhi Health Department, which has issued a strict compliance notice to Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others for promoting smoking.

The notice states, “This promotional material poster of the film being publicised in media is in gross violation of Section 5 of COTPA ( Cigarette & Other Tobacco Products Act) 2003 as it promotes smoking.”

Additional Director (Health), Tobacco Control Department, S.K. Arora said that the director, producer, actor, distributor and promoters of this film, along with the editors of various news agencies/other media, are liable to be prosecuted.