Actor Deepika Padukone has registered an extraordinary protest to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani after Padmavati rangoli was vandalised in Ahmedabad recently.
In a series of Tweets, the famous actor said, “Absolutely heart breaking to see the recent attack on artist Karan and his artwork!disgusting and appalling to say the least! Who are these people? Who is responsible for their actions?”
absolutely heart breaking to see the recent attack on artist Karan and his artwork!disgusting and appalling to say the least! pic.twitter.com/Ot2Aki0MiA
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) October 18, 2017
Who are these people?Who is responsible for their actions?For how long are we going to let this go on? pic.twitter.com/2WFN0jcdua
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) October 18, 2017
Tagging Irani in her concluding tweet, Deepika also asked ‘for how long are we going to let this go on?’
She wrote, “For how long are we going to let this go on? allow them to take law into their own hands & attack our freedom & right to individual expression time & again!? this has to stop NOW & action must be taken!”
allow them to take law into their own hands & attack our freedom & right to individual expression time & again!? pic.twitter.com/jlR5p3seds
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) October 18, 2017
this has to stop NOW & action must be taken! @smritiirani pic.twitter.com/o5RGhDTHPJ
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) October 18, 2017
Deepika received instant support from prominent names in the industry who too found the vandalising of Padmavati rangoli ‘shocking.’
was that a Rangoli ? So much anger ? over a film they have not seen, a story they have not read ? These people need to be held accountable. https://t.co/yRZIcpMeme
— rahul dholakia (@rahuldholakia) October 18, 2017
Shocking !!! ?? https://t.co/YJcR6e4PY8
— Raj Nayak (@rajcheerfull) October 18, 2017
Couldn’t agree more. And too many people in our industry have stayed silent too long. We have to stand up against this intolerance https://t.co/XoNVKX2mjQ
— Anirban Blah (@anirbanblah) October 18, 2017
Why?? What pleasure do they derive by destroying someone's artworks? What's happening India?? https://t.co/gpPxy6X6iO
— Simi Garewal (@Simi_Garewal) October 18, 2017
An artist on Tuesday alleged that a mob vandalised his rangoli on Deepika Padukone’s Padmavati after it took him 48 hours to complete the art.
Artist Karan K had taken to Twitter to break the news while tagging actor Ranveer Singh, “padmavati Rangoli Controversy! A crowd of 100 people cried JAY SRI RAM AND rubbed out my 48hrs’ intense work! Shocked!”
Four days after posters for Padmavati was released, Shri Rajput Karni Sena, an outfit by Rajput community, had burnt the posters and threatened to disrupt the film’s release. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period film Padmavati has Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika in lead roles.
Ranveer is playing the role of Sultan Alauddin Khilji, who invaded India in the 13th century.
The trailer of “Padmavati”, when released, was an instant hit with more than one crore views of the video on YouTube within 24 hours.
“While shooting in Jaipur, Sanjay Leela Bhansali (the director) had promised to show the film to us and historians before releasing it. But since then, no one has contacted us, nor has the film been shown to us,” Narain Singh Divrala, the district president of Karni Sena, told news agency IANS.
The mob led by Karni Sena had vandalised the sets of Padmavati in Jaipur earlier this year.