Jamia? CAA? Many Bollywood stars are silent on student protest:
We all aware of the situation that the country is facing right now. And people on Twitter are calling out Bollywood A-listers for remaining silent on Delhi Police forcible attack on Jamia Millia Islamia students studying in its library.
Earlier in the day, the students of Jamia had led protests against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by Parliament last week. After violently mocking down students, many of whom had to be rushed to the Holy Family hospital, the cops detained several students, releasing them only after mass protests outside the Delhi police headquarters.
As protests are spreading across cities in India, people from Hindi Film Industry are quiet. Several alumni from Jamia namely Kabir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, and others didn’t come out in support of protesting the students and twitter is angry on this, people are calling out the industry for its silence.
Actress Sayani Gupta (Article 15, Margarita with a Straw), tagged actors who were part of a group that hung out with Prime Minister Narendra Modi early this year.
On behalf of the students of Jamia & AMU request at least one of you to tweet or message Mr.Modi condemning this act of police brutality and violence against students. The time has come to speak up guys. Yes? No? May be?@RanveerOfficial @karanjohar @ayushmannk @RajkummarRao pic.twitter.com/6l5ky5zbNt
— Sayani Gupta (@sayanigupta) December 15, 2019
Icons speak up. Icons take a stand. Bollywood at #U2Mumbai .. an Irish band raised the uncomfortable truth while you remain quiet again while your students protest. #Bollywood @rohitkhilnani @GargiRawat @MitaliLive pic.twitter.com/Ef32cO7bEP
— jyotsna mohan (@jyotsnamohan) December 16, 2019
Prime Minister’s Friends : Every actor, singer, celebrity from Assam on the street, protesting CAA. And these Bollywood stars are still silent because they are worried about their box office returns. Students are getting beaten up all over the country, at least raise your voice! pic.twitter.com/d97lLdgwY5
— Aruni Kashyap (@AruniKashyap) December 16, 2019
Dear @iamsrk, @aamir_khan… You guys know that people look up to you right. Millions of us.
Your silence is now getting deafening.
Whatever GoI is threatening you with, your silence is going to cost you so much more. Love & respect you guys earned with your hardwork!#NoToCAB
— Kannan Gopinathan (@naukarshah) December 11, 2019
FUCK YOU EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN OPINION!!!! FUCK YOU!!! FUCK YOU AGAIN!!!! YOU ARE NO ICONS!!! YOU ARE BUSINESSMEN!!!! FUCK YOU!!!
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) December 15, 2019
Does anyone other than @anubhavsinha @IamOnir @ReallySwara @RichaChadha & a handful of others have a spine in Bollywood? Silent on every issue of crushing importance. More disappointing when you see Hollywood biggies leading march on sexual violence, climate change, immigration.
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) December 14, 2019
Does anyone other than @anubhavsinha @IamOnir @ReallySwara @RichaChadha & a handful of others have a spine in Bollywood? Silent on every issue of crushing importance. More disappointing when you see Hollywood biggies leading march on sexual violence, climate change, immigration.
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) December 14, 2019
Whereas, there are some people from the film industry that showed their support:
JNU, FTII, AMU, Nalanda, BHU, Cotton University, Jamia Milia … scared of students much? This is not a coincidence.
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) December 15, 2019
We are with the students! Shame on you @DelhiPolice
— Konkona Sensharma (@konkonas) December 15, 2019
I studied at Jamia. It is where I trained to be a filmmaker, where I met my best friends for life. It is the place that gave me hope and encouragement when I was a confused young girl trying to navigate my way through life. I have such fond memories. But today….
— Alankrita Shrivastava (@alankrita601) December 15, 2019
“If you have no love – do what you will. Go after all the Gods on earth, do all the social activities, try to reform the poor, enter politics, write books, poems- you are a dead human being. Without love your problems willl increase, multiply endlessly.”
– J. Krishnamurti pic.twitter.com/a6Ec6YnLDj— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) December 16, 2019
Absolutely shameful conduct by @DelhiPolice https://t.co/xUFxzJtzen
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) December 15, 2019
Did they just pull out a boy who was protecting these girls and beat him up ??? Do you expect anyone to believe anything the police says after this ? https://t.co/XYSfCSHjyu
— Soni Razdan (@Soni_Razdan) December 15, 2019
Heartbreaking. Is this a beginning? Or the beginning of an end… really! #StudentsProtest #StandWithJamia #CABProtests https://t.co/384ManESJo
— Kanika Dhillon (@KanikaDhillon) December 16, 2019
There are many protests still going on and students are planning for more.
