Abhay Deol reacts to Besharam Rang row

Abhay Deol reacts to Beshram Rang controversy

Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone-starrer Pathaan‘s first song Besharam Rang courted controversy for the colour of the bikini that Deepika donned in the song.

Reacting to the same, Abhay Deol said that people make an issue of something and they have done it in the past and will continue to do so.

Further calling the world “polarised”, he told India Today, “It is not something unimaginable. If you look at the world today, it is polarised. If you want to make an issue of something, you can easily do it. It is possible. Many people have done it before and will continue to.”

He also spoke about the cancel culture and said, “We do live in a polarised world. I think social media and technology have made information so fast, and it is also disinformation at so many levels. There is this tendency to reduce things to a headline. There is inconsistency everywhere, whether it be the media or the people consuming that media. It is a volatile space, and that is an interesting subject, but do I believe in bans and cancel culture? It is more nuanced than that. I think banning doesn’t necessarily make it go away. It (the subject) goes underground.”

Beshram Rang controversy

The song from Pathaan, Besharam Rang courted controversy after people raised objections against the song and Deepika’s orange bikini. As the film is set to release on January 25, a lot of protests against the release of the film are being held in certain parts of the country.

According to the reports, three changes have been made in the song including the close-up shots of buttocks, side pose shots, and visuals of sensuous dance movements during the lyrics Bahut tang kiya were removed or curtailed or replaced with suitable shots. According to the sources, CBFC is yet to give a certificate to Pathaan.