STARS SPEAK UP AGAINST CRIMES
Taapsee Pannu, Bhumi Pednekar, others from Bollywood are saying ‘enough is enough’
The women in Bollywood have had enough with newspapers in India inundated with headlines reporting on violent crimes against women.
Using their social media star power, with a combined fan following of millions, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Taapsee Pannu have all expressed their anger over the increase in such hate crimes. Actress Anushka Sharma, who is currently in Dubai with her husband Virat Kohli, also hit pause on her arrival posts to amplify a post that was shared by other leading ladies from Bollywood.
“[expletive] is going on? This is infuriating,” Bhatt wrote on Instagram Story, while sharing a post put up an Indian journalist lamenting the same while sharing the news of a 30-year-old who had succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment in Mumbai after she was raped and brutalised with rods.
Sharma, who has been an advocate for women’s rights, also chimed in. “Enough man!! Give girls and women a safe environment! Is that asking for too much.”
Pannu was of similar mind. “News today...everyday...goes like this... coz she fought too much! That’s the price she paid for that, fighting for her life,” Pannu added.
Even as Kapoor Khan shared the post on her Instagram story, Kalki Koechlin responded to the news with a suggestion of her own. “Is there a way to make the accused the headline of such crimes? How old are they? What do they do? Do they have a record of past crimes? These are people who live amongst us, we need to bring them out into plain view,” she posted.