Film-maker Karan Johar, actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh participated in the show. Film-maker Karan Johar, actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh participated in the show.

It seems like troubles for the controversial All India Bakchod (AIB) Knockout are far from over.

A fresh litigation against the stars of the AIB Roast was submitted in the Meerut district court on Saturday. A lawyer Virendra Kumar filed the litigation in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court against film director Karan Johar, actors Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and 14 others seeking punitive action under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information and Technology (IT) Act.

Kumar said he decided to file the litigation after seeing the use of vulgar and abusive language in the video that was uploaded on YouTube. "I saw the video a few days ago and was shocked to see Bollywood actors and actresses use vulgar language and cracking awkward jokes. It is a shame and such acts are not only vulgar but also affect the culture. It also sends a wrong impression about us to the world," he added.

Wrong signal

The petitioner felt that the abuses by the tinsel town stars, while being cheered by the audience, sends out a wrong message to the younger generation. "It is a criminal conspiracy to broadcast vulgar programmes across the world via the Internet. This is an attempt to malign our image and our cultural values," Kumar added.

The lawyer pleaded the court that punitive action should be taken against the stars under Sections 292 (sale etc, of obscene book, etc), 294(obscene acts and songs) and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and some Sections of the IT Act. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for April 2.

It is to be mentioned that the AIB Knockout was organized on December 20, 2014. It had an audience of about 4,000. A larger number of Bollywood bigwigs were present in the show where jokes were cracked not only on the participants but also on other Bollywood stars. However, facing sharp criticism (both positive and negative) from all sections of the society including Bollywood, the organisers had pulled down the video from YouTube.

Controversies that the infamous 'Roast' raked up across the nation, had also forced the AIB to cancel their live tour starting March 7 in Pune.

Viral fever

The show, uploaded on YouTube, went viral on the site but invited flak from various sections of society for the use of expletives.

Director Karan Johar reportedly dropped the idea to produce a sex comedy after the infamous Roast landed him up into unwanted controversies and jokes.

The director, who is facing legal heat and numerous FIRs over the live show, has decided against producing a film to be directed by Sonam Nair.

Johar, who was hoping that AIB roast will pull him out of regressive family dramas and love stories, had received a major blow with radical reactions, media debates and FIRs. He had been left isolated as his close friends who are big names in the industry had refused to take a stand for him.