Acclaimed and imminent Bollywood personalities such as Rajkummar Rao, Sudhir Mishra, Swara Bhasker and Alankrita Shrivastava has strongly condemned the violence police have shown in dealing with students of Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh's AMU.
Actor Rajkummar Rao took to his social media and wrote, “I strongly condemn the violence that the police have shown in dealing with the students. In a democracy the citizens have the right to peacefully protest. I also condemn any kind of act of destruction of the public properties. Violence is not the solution for anything!”
Actress Swara Bhasker shared, “Shocking messages of violence, tear gassing from #Jamia in #Delhi! Why are students being treated like criminals? Why are hostels being tear gassed…??? What is going on #DelhiPolice???? Shocking and shameful! #CABProtests”
Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra wrote, “In 1987 I made a film called Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin on the background of student politics. Towards the climax the police enter the campus and brutally beat up the students. Nothing has changed. Terrible that now we know where the flowers gone. Crushed!”
Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava shared, “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...Today my heart is bleeding for the students of Jamia who have been mercilessly attacked on campus. This is wrong and cruel at every level. I stand in solidarity with the bravehearts of Jamia. I am praying for the students who are injured and fighting for their lives. Recover because we need you to live. India needs it's students. Brave and fearless students are the future of the country. They are the only hope.”
Strong reaction from film fraternity came after severe protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act continued in different parts of the country, including Delhi, Assam, Hyderabad, Aligarh and Kolkata.
The contentious Act passed in the winter session of Parliament seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities coming from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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