Mumbai: Hathras gang-rape incident has created shockwaves in the country. People including politician took to streets to protest against the brutality of upper caste man as well as the UP police. Meanwhile it has disturbed many celebrities, but few are yet mum on it. Bollywood actress Sayani Gupta asked Shah Rukh Khan to speak up for the Dalits, referring to the brutal Hathras gangrape and murder as well as the Balrampur rape case.
In a tweet, Sayani wrote- “Say something. The Right thing. Gandhi also taught us to speak up for the Truth, the downtrodden, the exploited, for our Dalit brothers and sisters. Don’t just shut your ears and eyes and mouths”.
Sayani’s comment came ahead of SRK’s tweet on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Sharing a picture of his kids AbRam and Suhana, the ‘Zero’ actor wrote, ” If this Gandhi Jayanti there is One ideal we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time….it should be Hear no bad…see no bad….speak no bad! Remembering the value of truth on Gandhiji’s 151st Birth Anniversary.
Shah rukh, who owns the Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) team in the league, was recently seen attending matches there, with wife Gauri and son Aryan.
Earlier, Sayani slammed the UP government for its inefficiency to provide justice. Further in another tweet Sayani made reference to Article 15- “Bhai, Article15 Ka script follow ki jaa rahi hai kya? Kuch toh sharm karo!!! Kuch Naya jhoot ijaad Karo”!
The film ‘Article 15’ aims to remind people about Article 15 of the Constitution which prohibits any discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and how its value has been forgotten. The film features Ayushmannn as a Brahmin police officer, with Sayani Gupta, Kumud Mishra, Isha Talwar and Manoj Pahwa in key roles. The Hathras case is similar to the film on several aspects including the involvement of police officers to coverup the crime.
If this Gandhi Jayanti there is One ideal we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time….it should be Hear no bad…see no bad….speak no bad! Remembering the value of truth on Gandhiji’s 151st Birth Anniversary. pic.twitter.com/oOgnX57yBS
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) October 2, 2020
Other several Bollywood actors like Swara Bhasker, Akshay Kumar, Richa Chadha, Farhan Akhtar came in support of victim and expressed their anger.