{"id":2407850,"date":"2026-05-08T16:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407850"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:17:36","slug":"amitabh-bachchan-to-mohanlal-stars-who-sought-legal-protection-over-their-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amitabh-bachchan-to-mohanlal-stars-who-sought-legal-protection-over-their-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitabh Bachchan To Mohanlal: Stars Who Sought Legal Protection Over Their Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights. His plea, which will be heard by Justice Mini Pushkarna on Friday, reportedly names several individuals along with \u201cJohn Does\u201d \u2014 a legal term used for unidentified persons. Over the years, several Indian actors and public figures have also approached courts to safeguard their names, likenesses, voices and digital identities.<\/p>\n

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Amitabh Bachchan
The Bollywood megastar secured protection against the misuse of his name, image and voice in fake advertisements, lotteries and online scams.<\/p>\n

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Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor\u2019s case became a landmark one after he sought protection for his voice, image and even his iconic catchphrase \u201cJhakaas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff moved court against unauthorized use of his nickname \u201cBhidu,\u201d memes, voice clips and AI-generated content.<\/p>\n

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Rajinikanth
The superstar has long been associated with publicity-rights discussions amid concerns over commercial misuse of his larger-than-life persona.<\/p>\n

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya reportedly approached court over unauthorised online use of her name and likeness.<\/p>\n

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Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek sought safeguards against misuse of his digital identity, particularly amid growing AI-generated content online.<\/p>\n

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Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan filed a plea seeking protection of his name, image and personality traits from unauthorised exploitation.<\/p>\n

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Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar reportedly moved court amid concerns around fake endorsements and deepfake misuse.<\/p>\n

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Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty sought legal protection against unauthorised use of his image and identity on digital platforms.<\/p>\n

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Salman Khan
Salman Khan has also been linked to legal efforts aimed at preventing misuse of his likeness and public identity online.<\/p>\n

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R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan reportedly secured protection against unauthorised use of his photographs and identity online.<\/p>\n

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Mohanlal
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal is among the latest film personalities reported to have sought personality-rights protection.<\/p>\n

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Karan Johar
The filmmaker and producer reportedly filed for protection of his public identity and personal brand.<\/p>\n

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Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu approached court over AI-generated misuse of his iconic singing voice and identity.<\/p>\n

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Kajol
Kajol\u2019s name has surfaced in discussions around celebrities taking legal steps to secure publicity rights protections.<\/p>\n

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Shatrughan Sinha
The veteran actor-politician has been mentioned in conversations around Indian celebrity personality-rights litigation.<\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.news18.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shashi TharoorShashi Tharoor has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights. His plea, which will be heard by Justice Mini Pushkarna on Friday, reportedly names several individuals along with \u201cJohn Does\u201d \u2014 a legal term used for unidentified persons. Over the years, several Indian actors and public figures have also approached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2407851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[26668,470695],"class_list":["post-2407850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-bollywood","tag-shashi-tharoor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Amitabh-Bachchan-To-Mohanlal-Stars-Who-Sought-Legal-Protection-Over.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407852,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407850\/revisions\/2407852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}