Walton serves legal notice to studio, cancels contract for 'Rupantor'  | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Thursday
June 12, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025
Walton serves legal notice to studio, cancels contract for 'Rupantor' 

Bangladesh

TBS Report
16 April, 2024, 09:40 pm
Last modified: 17 April, 2024, 04:07 pm

Related News

  • Walton leads festive fridge market with surge in Eid sales
  • Walton launches exclusive offer: Brand new laptop at Tk25,550
  • Walton appoints home and kitchen appliance ambassador
  • Walton accelerates regional growth plan
  • Walton leads Bangladesh's rise in AI-powered fridge innovation

Walton serves legal notice to studio, cancels contract for 'Rupantor' 

TBS Report
16 April, 2024, 09:40 pm
Last modified: 17 April, 2024, 04:07 pm
Walton logo. Photo: Collected
Walton logo. Photo: Collected

Walton has issued a legal notice to the studio 'Local Bus Entertainment' for airing a show 'Rupantar' alleging that it went against the electronics company's ideals and policies.

In a press release today (16 April), the Walton Group offered a sincere apology to customers and their well-wishers over the matter.

Addressing the owner of the studio, Mohan Ahmed, the legal notice says, "As per your proposal, Walton has agreed to brand six plays produced by you, provided that the said dramas shall not include any matter which offends the laws, principles, morals or religious sentiments of the country. But it is regretful that in this show, some things have been included, which has created controversy and hurt people's sentiments."

The company also cancelled all advertising contracts with the agency for airing the fiction "without informing the Walton authority about its content".

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

"You are asked to respond within seven days of receiving the notice why legal action should not be taken against you for promoting the drama in violation of Walton's ideals and policies," reads the notice.

According to the media release, Walton had previously directed the studio to remove the fiction from various social media platforms, including Facebook and Youtube. 

The drama was then removed from its affiliated YouTube channel earlier today (16 April).

Walton further said necessary measures are being taken subject to investigation so that such incidents do not recur.

The statement comes after the show 'Rupantor' was surrounded by the controversy of allegedly promoting LGBTQ+ rights.

Speaking to The Business Standard, Nihar Ahmed, the playwright of the play, said, "There is no offence to religious sentiments or contempt for religion anywhere in the play. The play highlights the kind of havoc and painful situations that arise at the personal, social and state levels due to hormonal changes in a person.

"Hormonal changes are a mystery of the creator, not a man-made phenomenon. I believe that many people are talking about hurting religious sentiments, promoting transgenderism or supporting homosexuality without watching the play. The mentioned incident is not the subject of this play. Rather, the subject matter is what is called 'hermaphroditism' in the language of medical science," he added.

Television director Rafat Mozumder Rinku's drama "Rupantor" was produced by Ekanno Media and sponsored by Walton. It was released during Eid-ul-Fitr. 

Walton / Legal Notice / drama

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
    UK crime agency now freezes assets of ex-land minister Saifuzzaman: AJ
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks at the Chatham House in London on 11 June 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
    No desire to be part of next elected govt: CA Yunus
  • File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
    Khasru flies to London ahead of Yunus-Tarique meeting

MOST VIEWED

  • Illustration: Duniya Jahan/ TBS
    Forget Katy Perry, here’s Bangladesh’s Ruthba Yasmin shooting for the moon
  • A file photo of Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur. Photo: Collected
    'I have no relation with this': Ahsan Mansur debunks Joy’s allegations over daughter’s Dubai flat
  • Faiz Ahmad Tayeb. Photo: BSS
    Import duty on raw materials for e-bikes, lithium batteries reduced from 80% to 1% in some cases: Faiz Taiyeb
  • File photo of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Photo: Collected
    Joy spends Eid with Hasina in India: Indian media
  • Mercantile Bank withholds dividend amid Tk1,700cr provision shortfall
    Mercantile Bank withholds dividend amid Tk1,700cr provision shortfall
  • Shakil Ahmed. Photo: Collected
    DU student allegedly hangs himself following threats over old derogatory comment about Prophet on Facebook

Related News

  • Walton leads festive fridge market with surge in Eid sales
  • Walton launches exclusive offer: Brand new laptop at Tk25,550
  • Walton appoints home and kitchen appliance ambassador
  • Walton accelerates regional growth plan
  • Walton leads Bangladesh's rise in AI-powered fridge innovation

Features

Among pet birds in the country, lovebirds are the most common, and they are also the most numerous in the haat. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Where feathers meet fortune: How a small pigeon stall became Dhaka’s premiere bird market

11h | Panorama
Illustration: Duniya Jahan/ TBS

Forget Katy Perry, here’s Bangladesh’s Ruthba Yasmin shooting for the moon

1d | Features
File photo of Eid holidaymakers returning to the capital from their country homes/Rajib Dhar

Dhaka: The city we never want to return to, but always do

2d | Features
Photo collage shows political posters in Bagerhat. Photos: Jannatul Naym Pieal

From Sheikh Dynasty to sibling rivalry: Bagerhat signals a turning tide in local politics

4d | Bangladesh

More Videos from TBS

Why is Omicron XBB more contagious?

Why is Omicron XBB more contagious?

8h | TBS Stories
What did Dr. Yunus say at the Chatham House Dialogue in London?

What did Dr. Yunus say at the Chatham House Dialogue in London?

9h | TBS Today
News of The Day, 11 JUNE 2025

News of The Day, 11 JUNE 2025

10h | TBS News of the day
WB predicts worst decade for global growth since 60s

WB predicts worst decade for global growth since 60s

11h | TBS Stories
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net