Vivek Agnihotri tweets Shaheen Bagh has turned into ‘hideout for criminals like pickpockets’, Sayani Gupta reacts ‘I am so glad I refused your film’
Vivek Agnihotri tweeted Shaheen Bagh has turned into an Islamist conversion centre and a hideout for all kinds of criminals like pickpockets, mobile thieves, drug-peddlers.
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri recently wrote on Twitter on anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi which did not go down well with many. Actor Sayani Gupta objected to his tweets and said that he doesn’t have a conscience.
Reacting to Vivek’s tweet, Sayani Gupta wrote on Twitter, “Sir,I never pick out people on Twitter &leave bigots unaddressed.But you really have no conscience.What went wrong with your upbringing Sir? I am so glad I refused your film & didn’t speak to you on the award night. I am glad my instinct always tell me to stay away from poisonous ppl.”
Vivek Agnihotri had tweeted, “#ShaheenBagh has turned into an Islamist conversion centre and a hideout for all kinds of criminals like pickpockets, mobile thieves, drug-peddlers. All kinds of illegal activities are flourishing there. I wonder why Delhi citizens are tolerating this?”
Protests have been going on at Shaheen Bagh since December 15 last year against the amended citizenship law. The name of the film Sayani mentions is not known. She is best known for playing Gaura in Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15 and her roles in Jagga Jassos and Jolly LLB 2.
Vivek is known for his last directorial The Tashkent Files and is currently working on his next, The Kashmir Files. It is scheduled to release on Independence Day, August 15 this year.
Vivek had earlier tweeted about Deepika Padukone’s visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University last month. The actor had visited JNU to show her solidarity with the students who were attacked by a masked mob. He had written on Twitter, “I am told that it was suggested to #DeepikaPadukone to go and stand next to #Nirbhaya’s parents for a photo op. But last minute she changed her plan because #Nirbahaya wasn’t trending whereas #JNU was. This is how it works, my dear friends.”
The story is based on Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and Sayani Gupta’s tweets.
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