From Anurag Kashyap To Vijay Varma, Bollywood Celebs Support Kunal Kamra Amid Airline Ban
Comedian Kunal Kamras confrontation with news presenter Arnab Goswami has gone viral. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri advised airlines to impose ban on Kamra IndiGo Air India and SpiceJet have imposed a ban on him.
Is it justified to heckle a news anchor on a flight? Is this the first time such an incident has taken place? Did anyone take any action when BJP MP Pragya Thakur had delayed a flight for over 45 minutes over allotment of her seat? There are a lot of questions that people are asking on social media.
Since the time comedian Kunal Kamra's confrontation with news presenter Arnab Goswami has gone viral, he has been facing repercussions.
After Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri advised airlines to impose ban on Kamra, IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet have imposed a ban on him.
Offensive behaviour designed to provoke & create disturbance inside an aircraft is absolutely unacceptable & endangers safety of air travellers.
¡ª Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 28, 2020
We are left with no option but to advise other airlines to impose similar restrictions on the person concerned. https://t.co/UHKKZfdTVS
Reacting to the same, here's what Bollywood stars have tweeted. Article 15 director Anubhav Sinha said that the comedian's act under "ordinary circumstances" should have been deemed "ridiculous". However, currently, the times are different.
Of course what Kunal did is ridiculous under ordinary circumstances. But these are no ordinary times. These are times when a union minister instructs all airlines to ban a stand up comedian because he insulted Goebbels clan. So stop trying to sound ¡®proper¡¯ please.
¡ª Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) January 29, 2020
'If you Fuck with our man this is what will happen'
¡ª Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) January 29, 2020
Imagine YouTube Banning Kunal Kamra, or Airtel cancelling all his internet connections including his phone. Do you think this is impossible???? Why do you think Vistara has not banned him???
Dictatorship has arrived my friends.
Richa Chadha questioned why nothing happened when Pragya Thakur held up a flight because she wanted "first-class" seat.
Genuinely asking in light of this... a flight was held up and an elected representative said ¡°first class is my right¡±.
¡ª TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) January 29, 2020
Was she put on any no-fly list for causing a delay? We¡¯re co-passengers who asked her persistent questions banned ? Does ANYONE have more info? https://t.co/kbEB2XgzEa pic.twitter.com/uXhbBZXzsC
In a series of tweets, filmmaker Hansal Mehta said that he had "mixed feelings" to it.
I did not like the way @kunalkamra88 heckled Arnab on a flight. I felt it was unnecessary and uncool coming from someone who usually criticizes with such sharp wit. But seeing the even more uncool response by airlines (with govt blessings) to his behavior I have mixed feelings...
¡ª Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) January 29, 2020
Kunal Kamra's act now seems almost like the only option to expose an establishment and its stooges. He called Arnab out in a very crude way and the response was a vulgar show of authoritarianism. Kamra's protest still does not feel right to me but i almost feel it was necessary.
¡ª Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) January 29, 2020
I used to know Arnab earlier - not exactly a friend but as someone passionate about news and debate. It is sad to see him becoming a preposterous, partisan and obnoxious servant of a dictatorial establishment. He symbolises the mostly comatose state of tv journalism in India.
¡ª Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) January 29, 2020
Totally, you beat people on our behalf you won¡¯t be arrested, you lynch people , you will be let go and garlanded, you kill people in riots - they will let you off with social work .. the messaging sent out by this government is very clear.. https://t.co/RHMaCUNFgo
¡ª Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) January 29, 2020
Here's what other celebs have tweeted.
????? @kunalkamra88 how will you survive this devastating blow? https://t.co/VU5aZx5yXB
¡ª Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) January 28, 2020
????? sarkar ki priorities ?????????????????? https://t.co/pk907x6PD0
¡ª Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) January 28, 2020
Meanwhile, Kunal Kamra met with Arnab Goswami yet again on a flight this morning and here's what happened next.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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