• Asha Parekh recently made a statement on Pathaan controversy.
• Deepika received some criticism for wearing an orange bikini.
• The seasoned actor spoke up for Deepika.

In response to criticism directed at the movie Pathaan and its star Deepika Padukone, Asha Parekh, who received the Dadasaheb Phalke award in September, recently made a statement. Deepika received some criticism for wearing an orange bikini after the release of the film’s first song, Besharam Rang. The seasoned actor spoke up for Deepika.

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The 80-year-old actress has been out of the movie business for more than 20 years, but she still occasionally appears in special reality television episodes. 2017 saw the publication of Hit Girl, Asha’s autobiography co-written with journalist Khalid Mohamed.

The veteran actor was questioned in an interview about the persistent criticism of the film industry on social media. In reference to Deepika being attacked by people in the song Besharam Rang, she said, “Yeh bahut galat hai, film toh film hai. Jiska mool, maksad entertainment hai. Ab kisi actress ne, orange pehen liya, ya naam kuch aisa ho gaya toh usse ban kar rahe hai? Yeh nahi achha lagta hai (This is very wrong, a film is a film. Which is mostly about entertainment. If an actress wears orange, or the name is different, you start banning it? It doesn’t look good).” She went to say that the film industry is dying as films are not working. If people continue to boycott films on top of this, then it harms the industry as it hinders more films from being made.

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She added, “Bikini per bawaal nahi tha, yahan toh orange rang ki bikini ko lehkar sawaal uth rahe hai. Mujhe lagta hai ki hamara dimaag ab bandh hota ja raha hai. Hum bahut hi chhoti soch ke hote ja rahe hai, jo galat hai. Bollywood hamesha ke liye soft target raha hai (It was not an uproar on the bikin, it was the orange colour of the bikini that was being questioned. I think that our brain is going off. We are becoming too close-minded, which is wrong. Bollywood is always a soft target).

On January 25, 2023, Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham’s new film Pathaan will be released. It is directed by Siddharth Anand and is made by Yash Raj Films.