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If you read the news, or are on any social media, you should be at least mildly aware of the situations unfolding across the nation. Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University had to face the wrath of the Delhi police after, protests against the Citizenship Ammendment Act, allegedly, turned violent. Bollywood has a tendency to awfully be quiet over the matters as such. But today, many actors and filmmakers and other artists took to their social media to voice their opinion. Many outright condemned how the police has reacted to the situation. Many have asked for peaceful protests.
Earlier, usual vocals like Swara Bhasker and Konkona Sen Sharma had opened up about the matter at hand on Twitter. Now joining them are Anurag Kashyap, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Jim Sarbh amongst others.
Rajkummar Rao was one of the first to tweet
I strongly condemn the violence that the police have shown in dealing with the students. In a democracy the citizens have the right to peacefully protest.I also condemn any kind of act of destruction of the public properties. Violence is not the solution for anything!
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) December 16, 2019
Ayushmann Khurrana called protests turning violent as counterproductive
This!🙏🏻 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/X8qj9sCdEO
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) December 16, 2019
Jim Sarbh asked protesters to stand up against divisive politics
Yes.
Stand up against divisive politics, against Islamaphobia, against unconstitutional Acts, and state sponsored violence.
Power to the protestors, power to the students. https://t.co/3G37C8LmU2
— Jim Sarbh (@jimSarbh) December 16, 2019
Riteish Deshmukh expressed solidarity with the students
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) December 16, 2019
Dia Mirza also stands with the students
I stand in solidarity with the students of India. pic.twitter.com/OCl8gH276B
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) December 16, 2019
Filmmaker Onir retweeted Dia's post
#standwithstudents https://t.co/HuEIubesth
— Onir (@IamOnir) December 16, 2019
Gul Panag's Stand...
The State has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force. And it should use it wisely. 🙁#JamiaProtest
— Gul Panag (@GulPanag) December 16, 2019
Ashwin Mushran joked about Bollywood making a film on the current state
Nobody shot the students
That could be an interesting film https://t.co/lyb2pJOsOD
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) December 16, 2019
Vir Das also said something on similar lines
A large section of the entertainment industry is not going to stand with you, and I'm sorry about that. They're gonna try and make a profitable movie about you someday though.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) December 16, 2019
Manav Kaul penned a poem
कल जब तुम .....
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कल जब जामिया विश्वविद्यालय की पुस्तकालय में घुसकर
बच्चों को तुम बेरहमी से पीट रहे थे
जसीडीह के किसी गांव में पैदा हुआ बनारस में रहने वालाा एक बुजुर्ग कवि
बड़े जोश से कोलकाता में पढ़ रहा था... https://t.co/9pblAqsbyO
— Manav kaul (@Manavkaul19) December 16, 2019
Vikrant Massey stands with Jamia
This is a picture of students from #JamiaMilia holding photos of #Ambedkar & #Gandhi opposing the #CAA2019
We haven’t forgotten our roots.
And we will fight to regain the lost sanity of this proud country 🇮🇳 #StandWithJamia #Delhiviolence pic.twitter.com/gOCh0B7Cnw
— Vikrant Massey (@masseysahib) December 15, 2019
Atul Kulkarni said
Falling victim to the obvious ploy is a mark either of grave negligence or of cunning corroboration.
— atul kulkarni (@atul_kulkarni) December 16, 2019
Rannvijay Singha called it scary
Think about this. #jaihind pic.twitter.com/e9L9yR8MAv
— Rannvijay Singha (@rannvijaysingha) December 16, 2019
Manoj Bajpayee condemned the violence
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
With the students and their democratic rights to protest ! I condemn violence against protesting students!!!!!
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) December 16, 2019
Anurag Kashyap called the governmen fascist
This has gone too far.. can’t stay silent any longer . This government is clearly fascist .. and it makes me angry to see voices that can actually make a difference stay quiet ..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) December 16, 2019
Also, there were some tweets from celebrities from the other end of the spectrum. Comic actor Suresh Menon retweeted Anurag's tweet and asked him to not make anti-government comments.
Fight your own battles dude... may be others have a different opinion and don't want to spread hate and anti Government strong comments like you https://t.co/6Tf1aqBIgz
— Suresh Menon (@sureshnmenon) December 16, 2019
Sonu Sood said that public properties should not be destroyed
It's sad to see what's happening with the students around in our country, they are our future & it's our duty to protect them. We should handle such issues in a peaceful way & make sure that our public properties are not destroyed. #Violence is not a solution!
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) December 16, 2019
Bhumi Pednekar said this
Violence is not a tool to make our country better. We are a democracy and we have the power to exercise our fundamental rights in a rightful manner. What the students faced has shaken me and my heart goes out to them and I protest the way the situation was handled.
— bhumi pednekar (@bhumipednekar) December 16, 2019
But Bhumi also said this
However, I’m also shocked seeing how the protest turned violent. Let’s aim to make our country better through dialogue, debate and dissent and keep our faith in democracy alive.
— bhumi pednekar (@bhumipednekar) December 16, 2019
Support also came from an unlikely place. Hollywood actor John Cusack extended solidarity with Jamia students
Solidarity @arnav_d: Thank you John for speaking up. Thank you. https://t.co/LEpHMFACmM”
— John Cusack (@johncusack) December 16, 2019
Bollywood biggies like Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Ranveer Singh have not expressed their opinion yet. Akshay Kumar mistakenly liked a tweet supporting the violence by the police. Stay tuned to LatestLY for more updates.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 16, 2019 10:10 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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