Naseeruddin Shah’s Dimagi Naxal video sparks row: Annu Kapoor, Kiren Rijiju and Ashoke Pandit hit back

Naseeruddin Shah’s Dimagi Naxal badge video has drawn sharp responses from Annu Kapoor, Kiren Rijiju and Ashoke Pandit. Read on to find out what each of them said in reaction.

New Delhi: A video of Naseeruddin Shah wearing a badge that read ‘Dimagi Naxal’ has set off a round of sharp reactions. Annu Kapoor, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit have each spoken out against the veteran actor.

Naseeruddin Shah remark

Shah posted the clip on Tuesday to stand with students of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia, who are demanding that their students’ union be restored. In it, he said, “I proudly declare that I am Dimagi Naxal. I don’t know what other nicknames the watchmen have given to people like me, anti-national, tukde tukde gang, and I don’t know what else.”

Student-led protests have drawn his backing on social media for several months now. His latest message came a week after students at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata staged a demonstration.

Annu Kapoor’s response

Speaking to ANI, Kapoor said, “He may be good at delivering dialogues, but I doubt how much he genuinely thinks about the country’s interests and welfare. I have serious reservations about people who make such statements. It is our democracy that allows them to speak freely, make such statements and hold protests.”

On earlier occasions, he has talked........

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