Bollywood Comes Out In Support Of JNU: Celebs Get Emotional, Use Poetry To Condemn Violence
Some masked men armed with iron rods and sledgehammers attacked the students and teachers inside the JNU campus. Bollywood stars participated in the demonstration to condemn the attack. Celebrities who participated include Swara Bhasker, Sudhir Mishra and Rekha Bhardwaj.
How safe do you feel in the country? Just imagine this - if goons can enter a prestigious institute of the capital of the nation, what about the safety of students in smaller towns?
At around 6:30 pm on Sunday, some "masked men" armed with iron rods and sledgehammers attacked the students and teachers inside the campus.
'Enough is enough', 'Horrifying, 'heartbreaking' and 'barbaric', that's how people in the film industry described the violence that took place a couple of days ago. And to demand justice, safety and punishment for those who attacked, hundreds of people including Bollywood stars participated in the demonstration to condemn the attack.
twitter/jobgujnews3 and Reuters.
Celebrities who participated include Swara Bhasker, Sudhir Mishra, Rekha Bhardwaj, Anubhav Sinha, Dia Mirza, Rahul Dholakia, Ali Fazal, Neeraj Ghaywan, Reema Kagti, Hansal Mehta, Vikramaditya Motwane, Saurabh Shukla, Rajkumar Gupta.
They all joined hands, used poetry and music to show solidarity with JNU.
#Bollywood Celebs sending out a msg to students who were attacked that they are hand in hand with them. @VishalBhardwaj singing at #carterroad with his friends from the film industry #JNUViolence pic.twitter.com/HQyzWjfvGd
¡ª Rohit Khilnani (@rohitkhilnani) January 6, 2020
Some celebrities including Vishal Bhardwaj used poetry to condemn the attacks. Neeraj Ghaywan shared a video of Vishal Bhardwaj reciting a poetry to voice his dissent.
.@VishalBhardwaj at the silent protest of solidarity at Carter road, Mumbai against the #JNUattack pic.twitter.com/NtPKScfUdu
¡ª Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) January 6, 2020
Lyricist Swanand Kirkire also sang one of his most popular songs ¡®Bawra Mann¡¯.
When Mumbai sings for JNU
¡ª Trishita Banerjee (@TrishitaBanerj6) January 6, 2020
Mumbai sings 'Bawra Mann' for JNU..#BanABVP#insolidaritywithjnu #revolution #standwithjnu #anuragkashyap #diamirza #tapseepannu #richachadda #alifazal #swanandkirkire #vishalbhardwaj #zoyaakhtar pic.twitter.com/tycT7bb0EA
National Anthem was recited too.
A phenomenal night at Mumbai¡¯s Carter Rd. The directors (Kashyap, Bhardwaj, Sinha, Akhtar) calmly directed, the singers and poets sang and recited, the actors (Richa, Taapsee, Dia, Swara, Ali) chimed in, the audiences watched and participated. Truly a Bombay blockbuster. pic.twitter.com/Krx1t09SoQ
¡ª Ankur Pathak (@aktalkies) January 6, 2020
We all stand in solidarity with JNU students.
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