After Prakash Raj, other celebrities have joined forces to support Deepika Padukone over the saffron bikini row. In the latest, Swara Bhasker slammed a BJP leader’s ‘Besharam Rang’ comment.
Swara reacted on a news article that stated the BJP-led government in Madhya Pradesh may ban the release of the new film for showing 'Muslim man groping woman wearing saffron'. Along with it, she wrote, ‘Miliye humare desh ke sattadhari netaon se. Abhinetriyon ke kapde dekhne se fursat milti, to kya pata kuch kar bhi lete (Meet our country's leaders in power. They may have done some work, had they had some time left after oggling at actor's dresses).’
Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said that Besharam Rang 'has been shot with a dirty mindset'.
Not only Swara, filmmaker Onir also tweeted saying, ‘Yucks .., sick mentality . Use of words like ‘allows’, ' tolerate” shows that he belongs to that tribe of men who thinks an husband owns the women . And only a vulgar mindset could make a montage like this . Retired and now nothing better to do than zoom in pics n spread hate.’
Earlier, actor Prakash Raj slammed trolls targeting Deepika Padukone. He wrote on twitter, ‘#Besharam BIGOTS.. So it’s okay when Saffron clad men garland rapists..give hate speech, broker MLAs, a Saffron clad swamiji rapes Minors, But not a DRESS in a film ?? #justasking’.’
'Pathaan' is slated to hit the theatres next year in January. Directed by Siddharth Anand, it also stars John Abraham in the lead role.
