Varun Dhawan On Jamia Protest & #ShameOnBollywood: “Not Scared Of Anyone…”

The recent Jamia protest and the consequences PM Modi Goverment led Citizenship Amendment Bill has bought severe criticism. While celebs like Anurag Kashyap, Vicky Kaushal, Rajkummar Rao, amongst others have put forth their stand, Bollywood’s A listers including Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan and others have been silent. This led to #ShameOnBollywood trend on Twitter yesterday along with netizens calling them ‘spineless’. Now, here’s what Varun Dhawan has to say on it.

Varun Dhawan along with Shraddha Kapoor, Nora Fatehi and director Remo D’Souza, was at the trailer launch of their ucpoming dance flick, Street Dancer 3D. While the trailer received positive responses from the media as well as the audience, the real question remained to why the actors have been silent on an issue that’s concerning the country at a large level.

Upon being asked about the same, Varun said, “It’s a person to person thing, it’s not about fear. Personally, I’m not scared.. I’m not scared of anyone because I love my country, love all my countrymen. Speaking out today has become social media.. matlab aapne tweet nahi kiya toh matlab aap galat ho. But tweet karne se kya hota hai? Is full of India on Twitter right now? No! So what I feel personally, I can have those conversations in my personal life is by having a conversation withmy parents and my friends. So the best way for all of us to make a difference is by living your life”