How dare you, sir? Farhan and Arjun question BJP spokesperson

With its critical take on the newly introduced GST and also Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative, Tamil film ‘Mersal’ has become the talk of the town. Of what might come across as an act of insecurity, the ruling party condemns how the above subjects have been dealt with in the film.

This, however, took an unfair turn as BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao, in an October 21 debate with panellists on Times Now, went on to say on record that most of the actors possessed a low IQ and general knowledge. (Also Read: Amidst Kangana vs. Hrithik, Farhan Akhtar bats for gender equality)

Most of our film stars have very low general knowledge: @GVLNRAO, BJP #StopMersalPolitics pic.twitter.com/L1QWmOWGA4

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 21, 2017

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While this definitely didn’t go down well with many of the film fraternity, actor Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter and slammed Rao.

“How dare you, sir? And to all film people in his ranks.. here’s what he thinks of you. #shame,” he wrote.

How dare you, sir?? @GVLNRAO

And to all film people in his ranks.. here’s what he thinks of you. #shame https://t.co/6C8v6hZa23

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) October 22, 2017

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Actor Arjun Kapoor and filmmaker Shirish Kunder too took to Twitter to express their amusement at BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao’s stament.

Ridiculous… https://t.co/4ZPCcB9rzU

— arjunk26 (@arjunk26) October 22, 2017

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https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/922016955845840896

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The film has already received thumbs up from a number of eminent people including Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan and Raveena Tandon. It is also going great guns at the Tamil box office with over a Rs 100 Crore collection in three days.