Kerala's most popular soap Indulekha, which he endorses, has been
forced to pay a compensation of Rs 30,000 to a consumer who went to a
Consumer Court alleging that soap is misleading the consumers about its
effectiveness.K Chaathu, a 67-year-old person from Mananthavady
in Wayanad district of Kerala, has created history by getting Rs 30,000
compensation in an out of court settlement.
He had gone to the Consumers
Redressal Court seeking a compensation of Rs 50,000 from the Indulekha
soap company for its misleading advertisement endorsed by Mammootty
He had alleged that the advertisement claims that Indulekha soap makes
the user of it fair. He said, "Mammooty is a big star. We trust him.
Because he says Indulekha soap makes dark people fair, lot of people use
it. I used it for a long time. But, nothing has happened. I am still
dark. What they say in these advertisements are nothing but white lies."
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