Reports of dating Taarak Mehta co-star Raj Anadkat to making casteist comment on social media; times when Munmun Dutta made headlines

Reports of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah co-stars Munmun Dutta and Raj Anadkat dating have grabbed eyeballs. ETimes TV broke the news to you and there have been many times when Munmun made headlines. The actress, who plays the role of Babita ji in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, since its inception, has always stayed in news owing to her popularity. Take a look:

ETimes TV has it that Munmun and Raj are head over heels in love. Each and every member of Team 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' is aware of what's going on between the two. "Their respective families too are not in the dark," shared a source in the know. Raj is 24 years old and Munmun is 9 years older than him.

Munmun and Raj keep commenting on each other's posts and they often get trolled on social media. Once Raj commented on Munmun’s post faced the wrath for replying with fire, awestruck and high-five emojis. While users wrote comments like, 'waah bhai aunty pata lee', both of them have been unaffected and didn’t pay any heed to them.

Munmun Dutta was booked under SC and ST Act for using casteist slur in a social media video. The FIR was filed after a complaint by Rajat Kalsan, convenor of the National Alliance for Dalit Human Rights, on May 11. In the video, Munmun was getting ready and said that she wanted to look good and not like a "bhangi". Munmun shared that the word used by her has been 'misinterpreted' and was not 'said with the intent to insult, intimidate, humiliate or hurt anyone's feelings'. She also mentioned she was 'misinformed about the meaning of the word'. In the end, she wrote, "I sincerely would like to apologise to every single person who has been unintentionally hurt by the usage of the word." pic: Instagram

There were rumours that Munmun Dutta had to quit the show after she was embroiled in a controversy for using the term 'bhangi' in her video. However, after 2-3 months, Munmun resumed the shoot as Babita Ji. In fact, in the wake of this controversy, the production house in question made each and every actor of the show sign an undertaking that he/she will not use any foul language or make a casteist/ religious remark that may hurt any sentiment.

In 2017 when the #MeToo movement caught momentum in India, amongst many actresses who opened up about being a victim of sexual harassment was Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Munmun Duttaa. In a long post on her social media account, Munmun had shared her experiences of facing sexual assaults from her neighbour uncle, older cousin and teachers while she was growing-up. She openly spoke about being a victim of assault by teachers and men in public places. Munmun concluded the note by sharing how proud she is of herself and unlike her growing up years where she'd be scared. She wrote, "But TODAY I will rip apart any man who even remotely tries anything on me. I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM..."

There were rumours floating around that she is going to be a part of Bigg Boss 14, but she trashed all the reports by clarifying on her Instagram, "The news about me appearing in the next season of Bigg Boss is NOT true..I enjoy watching the show but NO I am not going inside the house. Don't believe in fake pages. Thank you."

Munmun Dutta shared a post where she expressed shock over people’s behaviour on social media post Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise last year. She was hurt to see how netizens had targeted the women who had been a part of Sushant’s lives. She wrote: I am more surprised ( or should I say not surprised) by our human behaviour on social media. The barrage of insensitive, hurtful, and vulgar comments Rhea Chakraborty, Kriti Sanon or Ankita Lokhande have received since yesterday shows how retarded our society is and how toxic people are on social media.”

Munmun Dutta is an avid traveller and one she was travelling across East Africa. The actress had been preparing for the trek for a long time. But shockingly, the actress had to be brought down from the mountains due to a panic attack. She had written in a post, “I had to be brought down from the mountain due to a severe claustrophobic and panic attack in the pitch darkness…”