Besharam Rang row: How a two-piece swimming costume has created one holy mess
, 2022-12-21 05:01:13,
Orange is the new black mark on Hindu culture. As Deepika Padukone’s allegedly saffron-coloured bikini gets more coverage than it offered Deepika, it made me wonder if Besharam Rang would be an appropriate term for the men not just segregating colours and creating dangerous religious symbolism, but also poisoning cinema with sectarian thought. Not to mention the panic that brands offering swimsuits must be feeling as they potentially pull every orange bikini, one-piece and burkini off the racks.
The controversy around Besharam Rang began when politicians (belonging to or with proximity to the majority party), found not just the bikini offensive but its colour as well. Maharashtra MLA Ram Kadam posted a series of tweets in which he ranted against Deepika saying, “JNU-dhaari are hurting the sentiments of the janeu-dhaari.”
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra alleged that the song was shot with a ‘dirty mindset’. and now the state’s Assembly Speaker Girish Gautam has launched a fresh attack by making deeply offensive comments against Shah Rukh Khan. Gautam said, “Shah Rukh should watch this film with his daughter, upload a picture and tell the world that he is watching it with his daughter,” he said. To abuse someone by linking him to his daughter, mother or wife is so regressive that we need a whole new word to describe such comments.
Deepika Padukone in a still from Pathaan’s Besharam Rang.
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