Luv Ranjan, who directed the movie ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnaama’, was accused of sexual misconduct during the ‘#MeToo’ movement in October, 2018.
The filmmaker reportedly asked an aspiring actress to strip down to her underwear in the presence of a lot of people during a ‘look test’.
Meanwhile, one of Hindi cinema’s biggest actresses Deepika Padukone was spotted at the director’s office along with her husband actor Ranveer Singh, giving rise to speculations that she was in the middle of signing a film deal with Luv Ranjan.
Deepika’s diehard fans started trending ‘#NotMyDeepika’ on social media site Twitter to express their disappointment with her.
“I refuse to believe that she signed this or is thinking whether to do it or not. We all know Deepika. This is not something she would do,” wrote on fan.
The ‘#NotMyDeepika’ trend gained traction to the point where it became the top most trend on Indian Twitter. Thousands of Deepika fans voiced their opinion on the platform, urging her to not work with a man who was accused of sexual harassment.
This is how social media reacted:
https://twitter.com/MonaDarlingx/status/1152434362287181825
Deepika You Seriously Want to work with this guy ?? #NotMyDeepika @deepikapadukone pic.twitter.com/VFWg7XJTRU
— m (@taymidnights13_) July 20, 2019
The fact that she meet him and find it in herself to even set and talk to him is disappointing enough for me but her doing this film will prove that she's nothing less than hypocrite #notmydeepika
— 𝔏𝔒𝔅𝔑𝔄🇵🇸 (@XXIlovelyQueenL) July 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/exultantdreamer/status/1152395744457850880
https://twitter.com/judoflipped/status/1152458316385325057
https://twitter.com/belisaav/status/1152490586672439296
Do y’all remember this? She was sorry to let us fans down, despite it not being her fault. This is the Deepika i know & admire. I still believe she values us all too much & our opinions matter to her. @deepikapadukone i hope you won’t let us down this time. #notmydeepika pic.twitter.com/djaK5kkO4l
— Sanaya (@shahsanaya11) July 20, 2019
PNN
