India, Feb. 24 -- Last year, actor Ranveer Singh found himself in the centre of a controversy after copping a fair amount of criticism for his mimicry of actor Rishab Shetty from Kantara 2. The mimicry took place at the closing ceremony of IFFI 2025, which Rishab also attended, when Ranveer took to the stage and did an exaggerated take on Rishab's Daiva act from the Kantara films. He also erroneously referred to the daivas as 'ghosts'. The actor had approached the Karnataka High Court to challenge the FIR registered against him.

On Tuesday (February 24), the Karnataka HC heard the actor's plea and responded to the issue under Justice M Nagaprasanna. Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayy, who represented the actor, argued that his remarks were ta...