MUMBAI :A lot has been said about the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Pathaan. The very first song of the film ‘Besharam Rang’ began it all. Now, well known filmmaker Onir who had earlier showed some support to the song has said he does not like the song. He was earlier supposed to talk at the  Bhopal literary fest but that was canceled and he said that he isn’t sure if his saying something positive about the Pathaan song might be the reason.

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Onir was quoted saying, “Someone asked me if this (talk cancellation) was a repercussion of my tweet on the controversy over Besharam song from Pathaan. I don’t like the song, but I will speak up for something that is wrong. I don’t see my colleagues commenting. I have had a few people inboxing me, and I am like... Your love in the inbox means nothing, if you cannot come out and stand by me out in the open.”

For the unversed, a section of people who saw the song ‘Besharam Rang’, shot in Spain, found the costumes used in it objectionable. One social media commentator commented, “What kind of a husband allows or tolerates public molestation of his wife for a few bucks? Just asking !!!”

Onir replied to the above tweet saying, “Yucks .., sick mentality . Use of words like ‘allows’, ' tolerate' shows that he belongs to that tribe of men who thinks a husband owns the women . And only a vulgar mindset could make a montage like this . Retired and now nothing better to do than zoom in pics n spread hate.”

Onir further added, “Can’t imagine that the most important thing to debate for a bunch of politicians (whose claim to fame is propagating hate and dividing the country & instigating violence) & the mainstream media is the costume worn by two actors for a song!" He also added the hashtags--unemployment, inflation and climate crisis.”

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Re-sharing a video of MLA Sadhvi Pragya commenting on the Pathaan song Onir said, “No point of film certification board/judiciary/law enforcement agencies .. now goons will decide what we watch. Terrible times …”

Pathan stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham and will hit the big screens on 25th January 2023.

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