On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, like many celebrities, the King of Hindi cinema Shah Rukh Khan took to social media to post a heartfelt note to mark the day and honour Mahatma Gandhi.
“If this Gandhi Jayanti there is One ideal we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time….it should be Hear no bad…see no bad….speak no bad! Remembering the value of truth on Gandhiji’s 151st Birth Anniversary,” Shah Rukh wrote on Twitter.
But Shah Rukh’s post irked the anger of his ‘Fan’ co-star Sayani Gupta who took a dig at him by saying that the actor should speak up the ‘truth’ instead of shutting his ‘ears, eyes and mouth’. Sayani’s comment is in connection with the plight of Dalits in the country and the systemic crimes that are committed against them every day.
“Say something. The Right thing. Gandhi also taught us to speak up for the Truth, the downtrodden, the exploited, for our Dalit brothers and sisters. Don’t just shut your ears and eyes and mouths,” Sayani wrote.
Say something. The Right thing. Gandhi also taught us to speak up for the Truth, the downtrodden, the exploited, for our Dalit brothers and sisters. Don't just shut your ears and eyes and mouths. @iamsrk https://t.co/IChzz2k5n0
— Sayani Gupta (@sayanigupta) October 2, 2020
Shah Rukh has so far not responded to Sayani’s comment.
PNN
