The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a summons to the makers of ‘Tateeree’, ‘Sarke Chunar’ songs after reports of “lewdness and vulgarity” surfaced in the media. NCW’s handling officer X said on Thursday morning that the commission found “the content is prima facie objectionable and violates the provisions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita”.For ‘Tateeree’, they have roped in Badshah who is the singer and lyricist of the song along with director Mahi Sandhu and producer Hiten. According to the tweet, they have been asked to appear on March 25, 2026 at 12:30, along with the “relevant documents”. The tweet says failure to appear “may invite appropriate action under law.” The Information Technology Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 were mentioned in the tweet.For the song ‘Sarke Chunar’, actors Nora Fatehi, Sanjay Dutt and producer Venkat K Narayana and director Kiran Kumar have been called. They have asked to appear on March 24, 2026 and mentioned that if they do not appear in the tweet, they can invite “appropriate measures according to the law”. The tweet said the content of the song is “sexually suggestive, objectionable and violates provisions under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, IT Act and POCSO Act.“The tweet read, “The National Commission for Women, in exercise of its powers under the NCW Act, 1990, has taken cognizance of media reports alleging obscenity and vulgarity in the song ‘Sarke Chunar Teri Sarke’. Finding the content to be prima facie sexually suggestive, objectionable and under the Nya Sanhita PSA Act, the BA Commission has taken the matter seriously.” Actor Nora Fatehi, Raqueeb Alam, Actor Sanjay Dutt, Venkat K. Narayana (Producer, KVN Team) and Kiran Kumar (Director) have been summoned to appear before the Commission. They have been requested to appear on 24/03/2026 at 12:30 noon along with the relevant documents.”Many people associated with the song ‘Sarke Chunar’ expressed their displeasure with the song on Wednesday. Nora Fatehi said that she shot for the Kannada version of the song three years ago and did not know about the Hindi version then. “What they’ve done right now, which is to create a Hindi version and dub the voice in Hindi and have these very inappropriate lyrics, I had no idea about that. They did not take any approval. They didn’t take any permission from me,” she said on Instagram. She told the director that she raised her concerns after hearing the Hindi version and that it would have a “big reaction”.The General Board of Film Certification (CBFC) also shared with ANI that the censor board had not received any request to allow this song. “It should be made clear that the content on the digital platform is not certified by the CBFC. There is often confusion about this and the CBFC is unnecessarily dragged into unrelated matters.”Earlier, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw raised the issue in the Lok Sabha and said that a ban had been imposed on the song. Lyricist Raqueeb Alam, who was responsible for penning the Hindi lyrics of the song, told HT City that the original song was penned by the director and he was only responsible for translating the lyrics into Hindi. “These lyrics are not written by me, they were originally written by director Prem in Kannada. When they asked me to write this, I refused, saying that such songs would not work and would be censored. But they told me to translate and give the Kannada version, and they would set it in the meter of the song,” he told HT City.On March 6, the Haryana State Women’s Commission asked Badshah to appear before them and when the singer failed to appear before them on March 13, the Panipat and Panchkula police directed her arrest and demanded the seizure of her passport, according to a report in PTI.Renu Bhatia, chairperson of Haryana State Commission for Women, told PTI, “I have directed SP Panipat to arrest Badshah from anywhere and issue search warrants.” He also said that multiple FIRs were lodged against the singer in Panchkula and Jind.Badshah’s song came under the scanner soon after its release on YouTube due to inappropriate lyrics and the fact that the women in the music video appeared in school uniforms that suggested they were underage. Badshah apologized for the song and removed the video. He said, “I am Badshah. My new song Tateeree was released recently and I am seeing that many people are offended by its lyrics and visuals. First of all I want to clarify that I myself am from Haryana. My food, lifestyle and way of speaking everything reflects Haryana. I am a proud Haryanvi. I never intended to portray women or children in a normal way. I’m from the hip-hop genre, where the lyrics often include disses aimed at the contestants. The song was never aimed at women or children, and I wouldn’t do that. My aim has always been to promote and take forward the culture of Haryana. If my song hurt anyone’s feelings, I apologize. I hope you see me as a son of Haryana and forgive me.
