Raksha Bandhan, starring Akshay Kumar and Aanand L. Rai, has stumbled into controversy just days before its scheduled release due to screenwriter Kanika Dhillon’s anti-Hindu tweets that have gone viral online.
Dhillon tweeted in reference to the passing of Ashok Amrohi, former Indian ambassador to Brunei, Mozambique and Algeria, saying:
“Dying in the parking lot after waiting for a hospital bed…Yeh aache din hai! India super power hai! Aur gau mata ka mutra peene see Covid chala jayega. (These are the good days…India is a super power. And drinking cow’s urine will cure Covid-19).”
Why abuses my cow why ??? #BoycottRakshaBandhanMovie pic.twitter.com/44C9jkjHSy
— sudhakar mishra (@sudhaka60196036) August 2, 2022
This news seems to have angered Kangana Ranaut as well, who took to her Instagram stories to say, “Ha ha nothing affects them as much as financial loss… only the fear of financial loss can make them delete Hindu phobic and anti India tweets, nothing else… interesting.”
Netizens took to Twitter to express their outrage, with #BoycottRakshaBandhan trending.
#BoycottRakshaBandhanMovie and don't forget #BoycottLaalSinghChaddha too@KanikaDhillon #KanikaDhillon tell the left wingers to watch the movie.
Jai shree ram 🔥❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/zn4yCcqwGH— Ravi Yadav (@RaviYad12239153) August 3, 2022
🎯Meet the writer of Akshay Kumar's Flim Raksha Bandhan #KanikaDhillon !!!!
She was also seen in Anti -CCA protest in JNU along with #TapseePannu #BoycottBollywood #BoycottRakshaBandhanMovie pic.twitter.com/0bq8Ci01SJ
— महादेव भक्त सुशांत🇮🇳 (@sushant_soul) August 1, 2022
#BoycottRakshaBandhanMovie #KanikaDhillon
Normal days: I am atheist, I am sikh, I am Buddhist, I am jain..We are not hindu
Special Day: I am Hindu and ashamed pic.twitter.com/doAAWbtEq9— Mayank Singh मयंक सिंह 🇮🇳🚩 (@MayankS758609) August 2, 2022
This isn’t the only trouble Akshay’s films seem to be facing lately. BJP MP Subramanian Swamy is suing Akshay Kumar over ‘falsification’ of facts and ‘infringement’ in his next film Ram Setu, which is set to debut on Diwali this year.
The suit for compensation has been finalised by my associate Satya Sabharwal Adv. I am suing Akshay Kumar, actor & Karma Media for damages cause by falsification in portrayal of the Ram Setu issue in their film for release.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) July 29, 2022
