Ishaan Khatter shared this photo (with permission ishaankhatter)
Strong points
- Several celebrities joined the #BlackOutTuesday demonstration on social networks
- Ishaan Khatter was one of them – he posted a black screen on Tuesday
- Ishaan Khatter replied to a comment on his article #BlackOutTuesday
New Delhi:
The actor Ishaan Khatter does not “owe an explanation” to anyone, but he chose to answer a user, who questioned his article #BlackOutTuesday. On June 2, social media was inundated with users displaying black screens with the hashtag #BlackOutTuesday in protest at police brutality in the United States and to condemn the death of George Floyd, a man of color, who died after having been pinned by a gendarme. On Ishaan Khatter’s #BlackOutTuesday post, a user left this comment: “Didn’t have the courage to speak out when the Delhi police did the same thing to the unarmed students but now wow.” In response to the user, Ishaan pointed to a correction and said he exposed police brutality during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in the country earlier this year, of which previews are available. Ishaan’s Instagram highlights: “Not that I I owe you or someone an explanation, but I did it. Find someone else to intoxicate with. It’s time to show a certain solidarity for the whole world as one, and not to find faults in those who do. “
One of Inshaan’s Instagram stories under the title “India” from February reads: “You can’t imagine such disturbing attacks happening so close to you. No matter what your” opinion “, the violence of this nature is highly reprehensible. “
Read Ishaan Khatter’s comment exchange here:
In January, when anti-CAA demonstrations ravaged the country, police violence was reported in several regions of the country, particularly in the national capital. Troubling videos of police thrashing students at Delhi’s Jamia Millia University after a protest march against the CAA emerged on the Internet. Before that, JNU students, who were also part of anti-CAA protests, were attacked by a masked crowd with sticks and rods, leaving many seriously injured. In January, actress Deepika Padukone made the headlines while visiting JNU, where she stood in solidarity with the students.
While several Bollywood celebrities joined the #BlackOutTuesday demonstration on social networks, displaying black screens, the actor Abhay Deol post calling “awakened Indian celebrities” for their reluctance to comment on urgent issues such as injustice and oppression at home, struck a chord with Twitter. On Wednesday, Mr. Deol published a page with these three hashtags written on it: “#migrantlivesmatter, #minoritylivesmatter, #poorlivesmatter”, as well as a note saying: “Now that” awakened “Indian celebrities and the middle class are united with fight systemic racism in America, maybe they would see how it manifests in their own backyard? “
Read Abhay Deol’s post here:
Ishaan Khatter made his acting debut with the 2017 film Beyond the clouds, directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi. He then entered Bollywood with Dhadak in 2018, which marked the debut of Sridevi’s daughter, Janhvi Kapoor. Ishaan has two films in the lineup – Khaali Peeli with Ananya Panday and Mira Nair’s A suitable boy, with Tabu.
