B-town applauds Deepika Padukone for visiting JNU; Anurag Kashyap urges fan to go and watch ‘Chhapaak’

Deepika Padukone is currently gearing up for the release of her much talked about next ‘Chhapaak’. The actress made a bold statement by visiting Jawaharlal Nehru University last night and expressing her solidarity with the students. Twitterati and B-town showered the actress with praises for showing guts and standing up for what is right.

Deepika Padukone attended the JNU protests at the Sabarmati Hostel on Tuesday evening. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap applauded her for standing up and also urged her fans to go watch ‘Chhapaak’ as an act of support. He wrote, “The female of the species is, and was, and will always be the strongest of the two #DeepikaPadukone . Chhapak first day all shows . Let’s all those who stand against the violence go to @bookmyshow and show them. Make our silent statement which will be the loudest .”

The female of the species is, and was, and will always be the strongest of the two #DeepikaPadukone . Chhapak first day all shows . Let’s all those who stand against the violence go to @bookmyshow and show them. Make our silent statement which will be the loudest .

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) January 7, 2020

Apart from Anurag Kashyap, her B-town colleagues such as Sobhita Dhulipala, Richa Chadha, Nikkhil Advani and her ‘Chhapaak’ co-star Vikrant Massey showed their support as well as praised her.

https://twitter.com/sobhitaD/status/1214578627234291712?s=20

As producer today @deepikapadukone would’ve been standing in the preview theatres in Mumbai waiting to hear praise being showered on her maiden production. She instead chose to stand in solidarity with #JNUstudents knowing fully well the ramifications of her actions. #RESPECT

— Nikkhil Advani (@nikkhiladvani) January 7, 2020

❤️ swells with pride. #JNUViolence @deepikapadukone pic.twitter.com/yNnZC3ENse

— Vikrant Massey (@VikrantMassey) January 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/RichaChadha/status/1214566380856467460?s=20

For the uninitiated, JNU students and teachers were attacked on campus by a masked mob. The mob injured around 35 people including JNU students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh.

Talking about ‘Chhapaak’, it is helmed by Meghna Gulzar and co-produced by Fox Star Studios, Deepika’s KA Production. ‘Chhapaak’ is set to hit theatres on January 10, 2020.

Also Read: Deepika Padukone joins JNU protest in Delhi-watch video