Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone who visited Jawaharlal Nehru University show her solidarity with the students said she could not resist even she knew consequences .Meanwhile right wing supporters started hastag boycott CHHAPAAK which is due to release on Friday .
The Actor attended meeting had been organised by the JNU students’ union and the teachers’ association against the attack on students by masked men and women armed with lathis and iron rods on Sunday which resulted in more than twenty people getting injured and hospitalised.
Deepika, however, did not address the crowd. She stood by as former JNUSU president, Kanhaiya Kumar raised slogans and left just as current President Aishe Ghosh, who too was injured in the attack, began to speak.
Soon after news of Deepika making an appearance at JNU broke, social media was split into two sections.
On one hand, people lauded the actor for having taken a strong stance and condemning the attack on students.
Last month, when protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act resulted in violent clashes between the students at Jamia Milia Islamia and Delhi Police, most of Bollywood stood as mute spectators until they were practically coaxed to speak up.
This time around nevertheless, Bollywood has seen support pouring in from all corners as stars took to the streets to voice their dissent. In Mumbai, celebrities such as Anurag Kashyap, Swara Bhasker, Shweta Tripathi, Vishal Bharadwaj, Vishal Dadlani among others joined the protests at Carter Road.
Many have argued that Deepika would never have turned up at JNU had she not been in Delhi for Chhapaak promotions. Some even claimed that her appearance was a mere publicity stunt. But, even if that’s true, why is that a problem?
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In the past few hours, Deepika has seen the very worst hatred on social media. “Anti-national”, “Urban Naxal”, “Pakistani” – these are just some of the things she’s been called.
गोपाल सिंह राजपुरोहित@Gopalrajdoli
I never imagined that actress like Deepika Padukone will support These JNU Goons and Afzal
Now Deepika shows True colour
This is my final decision that I will never watch any Film of these actress who Support anti nationalist goons #boycottchhapaak
