Actor Ranveer Singh booked for insulting ‘Chavundi Daiva’Bengaluru police registered an FIR against actor Ranveer Singh for alleged insult to religious sentiments over a stage performance at IFFI Goa, following a court-referred complaint claiming he mocked the Bhoota Kola tradition and Chavundi Daiva, with videos sparking outrageBy PTI Published Date - 29 January 2026, 10:21 AMBengaluru: The High Grounds police have registered a case against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh following a complaint alleging “insult to religious sentiments” during a public event, police said on Thursday. The complainant stated that Ranveer Singh, while present on stage and in the presence of the lead actor of ‘Kantara: Chapter-1’, allegedly performed acts that mocked and insulted the sacred Bhoota Kola tradition practiced in Coastal Karnataka. The complainant said he is a devotee of ‘Chavundi Daiva’, a revered guardian spirit worshipped in Bhoota Kola rituals, and that the deity is also his family deity, which he has worshipped since childhood. He alleged that the actor imitated the divine expressions of Panjurli/Guliga Daiva in a “crude, comical and derogatory manner” and verbally referred to the sacred Chavundi Daiva as a “female ghost.” Despite an alleged request not to perform the Daiva act, the accused enacted an emotional Chavundi Daiva scene from ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ on stage, the lawyer said. “The act of the accused was deliberate, intentional and malicious, intended to outrage religious feelings,” the complainant alleged.