Much appreciated "Slumdog Millionaire" has got another reason to be back in the news. But this time, for some wrong reason.

The Patna court sued Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor and music director A R Rahman for allegedly calling slum inhabitants’ names in “Slumdog Millionaire”. The film is all set for an all-India release on January 23.

On Tuesday, petitioner Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of Slum Dwellers' Joint Action Committee, has filed a complaint against both Anil and Rahman in the court of chief judicial magistrate Raghavendra Kumar Singh, charging them of  abusing slum dwellers by calling them ‘slumdogs’ and Indians ‘dogs’ in the movie

The first hearing of the petition is scheduled for February 5.

In Hindi, the meaning of “Slumdog Millionaire” in Hindi is the millionaire dog of slum-dwellers, Vishwakarma alleged, adding that the name is against the basic human values.

Commenting over this issue, Vishwakarma lawyer, Shruti Singh said, "Vishwakarma requested the court to protect the honour and respect of millions of slum dwellers across India."

However, the petioner had decided not to file any charge against the film’s director Danny Boyle, who is a British citizen.

Speaking further on this, Shruti Singh said, “Vishwakarma made it clear that he hardly expected anything positive from a British filmmaker as their ancestors described us as dogs. But what hurt him was that even Indians associated with the film hardly bothered to object to calling us a slumdog.”

A copy of the petition has been forwarded to the National Human Rights Commission, Bihar State Human Rights Commission and the film Censor Board of the central government.

“I requested Censor Board chairperson Sharmila Tagore not to permit the release of the film in India under its present name,” Shruti Singh added.