Besharam Rang Row: Twitter Slams Journo For “Mrs Ranveer Singh” Jibe At Deepika Padukone
It's reeking of misogyny!
If there’s one song that I’ve been listening to on repeat, it’s the latest song from Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan starrer film Pathaan, ‘Besharam Rang’. The ghazal-like lyrics paired with the upbeat music really has my heart and TBH, it’s one of the best Bollywood songs I’ve heard in a while but our country has its own issue with this song and Deepika’s look in the song. Apparently, Deepika’s look from the song has drawn flak for allegedly hurting “Hindu sentiments” as the actress wore a “vulgar” saffron bikini, a colour which is believed to be the colour of Hinduism. In line with the same thought, a journalist penned an infuriating article criticising the actress for her choice of clothing while questioning if the actress and the makers of Pathaan are “colour blind” since they have used saffron which is the “symbol of the nation”.
In response to the article, another journalist Rituparna Chatterjee took to Twitter to call out the senior journalist for his deeply misogynistic article and for calling Deepika Padukone “Mrs Ranveer Singh”. Sharing a screenshot of the article and quoting a sentence from it, the journalist slammed the senior writer for his “misogyny-laced writing” about an actress who is known to be one of the highest-paid actresses in India. She further called him out for using a patronising tone for the actress and calling her “Mrs Ranveer Singh” despite the actress being much more senior in the industry than her husband.
"One day, I can envisage Mrs Ranveer Singh telling her children about the mistake made in trying to be who she was not" — writes Subhash K Jha about one of India's highest paid actresses, a brand in her own name. This is such misogyny-laced writing. pic.twitter.com/f4QD3eHd6l
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) December 15, 2022
@SubhashK_Jha "Mrs Ranveer Singh?" Dude seriously? Since you are a <air quote>film critic you must know that DP is senior in the industry to Ranveer?
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) December 15, 2022
What’s shocking is that this senior journalist has claimed that Deepika Padukone is beautiful in a classic manner and is tall but she looks best when “wrapped in mystique” while adding that she does not have an oomph factor. He went on to compare her with Priyanka Chopra and claimed that DP “wants” to be like her. He further pointed out that one shouldn’t worry about the colour of her bikini but rather about the “objectification” of a beautiful woman while adding that while the actress is beautiful and talented but she cannot pull off a bikini look and even called her “Mrs Ranveer Singh”.
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And it’s not just one Twitter user who is upset about it. Reacting to Rituparna Chatterjee’s tweet, several other users expressed their anger and slammed the journalist for writing a misogynistic article demeaning the actress and her work. Users have called the journalist’s opinion “awful” and questioned the misogyny and how one can judge an actress for wearing what she wants. Check out these reactions.
Women can only do things what men are comfortable with seeing them do. Also Different set of rules for Priyanka C and Mrs Ranveer singh 🫶🏻 https://t.co/dz1BEcQtvk
— Snehal (@satakleli) December 16, 2022
Ranveer Singh can't achieve half of what Deepika has achieved in this lifetime but the latter's identity is reduced to merely his wife. Only in India❗❗ https://t.co/HlVfHZAfRQ
— 🀄 (@M0stArdntly) December 16, 2022
@SubhashK_Jha – who decided saffron was the national colour of any country other than the Netherlands? Are you Dutch? https://t.co/IbTw2cSaoI
— saliltripathi (@saliltripathi) December 16, 2022
When did Mr Jha decide that saffron is the colour or symbol of the nation? https://t.co/IbTw2cSIeg
— saliltripathi (@saliltripathi) December 16, 2022
Misogynist journalists thinking they can spew shit because they have freedom of speech but an actress wearing bikini is apparently too much for them. https://t.co/kQKXbygg3A
— Shaira (@shaira_writes) December 16, 2022
probably wrote it crying and throwing up about why women just won't do what he wants them to do. incel behaviour. https://t.co/B4adxK0Qdq
— moon⁷ FESTA 💜 ¹⁰ (@shookyzaza) December 16, 2022
"mrs ranveer singh" please shut the fuck up and stop reducing women to their marital status. her career is 10x bigger than ranveer's. even he would agree. and last i remember the symbol of the nation was a tricolor but okay. i guess nobody is allowed to wear orange anymore https://t.co/5RapA8lzmR
— TAN⁷ ♡ wonu day (ia 👩🏽💻) (@moonlineslover) December 16, 2022
it is misogyny, to tell women, they are only good in certain 'aesthetic' all the examples the writer has given speaks of this very mindset, he isn't critiquing, he's criticising somebody's choice to wear a bikini, plus it's an awful opinion, Deepika looks great in a bikini.
— ocus (@aviisxx) December 15, 2022
Also Read: MP Home Minister Has An Objection To Deepika Padukone’s Saffron Bikini In ‘Besharam Rang’ From ‘Pathaan’
Also- what if Deepika wants to be the sharmila Tagore or zeenat amaan and not the waheeda of Bollywood. Matlab, someone should respect that too right 😱
— Pallavi Pareek (She/They) (@PallaviPareek) December 15, 2022
Hyphenation of women is almost compulsive!
As soon as a woman gets married, even if she doesn't change her name, she is slotted as part of a couple – doesn't happen to the man.
Anyway SHE was the much bigger star when she started dating Ranveer
We must keep calling it out.
— Devina Mehra (@devinamehra) December 15, 2022
Can a country own a colour? Did Pantone not get the memo? pic.twitter.com/8GO7kf8E75
— Sonia Bahl (@soniabahl) December 15, 2022
The bikini is fine on Priyanka Chopra, but not on DP? What's really his problem? The clothes or the woman or women wearing the clothes they want? Such facepalm takes.
— Ashameera Aiyappan (@aashameera) December 15, 2022
"Why do actors always want to be what they are not"
Isn't that the job?
— cricketingview (@cricketingview) December 15, 2022
Not only misogynistic, he's misinformed too. Can vouch for that having edited his copies at Spotboye 😑
— Sonal Gera (@SoNull_NVoid) December 15, 2022
‘why do actors want to be what they cannot be’
Rich coming from a guy who insists on writing but… cannot.— Abhishek Mande Bhot (@manicmande) December 16, 2022
TBH, I think Deepika Padukone looks amazing in a bikini but more importantly, who are we to decide what a bikini body is supposed to look like and who and how can one carry a bikini? Also, TF is “Mrs Ranveer Singh” supposed to mean? Excuse me but the last time I checked she is DEEPIKA PADUKONE and she’s more than just someone’s wife. Not only is she a bigger star but she has also CHOSEN to not change her name. She is not just Mrs Ranveer Singh or Mrs Deepika Padukone or Mrs Deepika Ranveer Singh. She is Deepika Padukone, a woman with her own identity and who can choose how, when, where and what she wants to wear, including the colour, just BTW.
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