New Delhi:
Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna is currently facing an intense social media reaction after his recent video went viral in which he made derogatory comments about women.
The chairman of the Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, has now filed a notice for the Delhi cyber cell to register an FIR against Mukesh Khanna for his misogynistic comments.
Speaking of the video, a 22 second clip of the 7 minute video travels around the corner, which he shared on his YouTube channel Bheeshm International, in the video ‘Shaktimaan’ actor, featured in Hindi, “Those girls who ask for sex from a man are not girls, they do ‘Dhanda’ (business), because a girl from a good society will never do this kind of shameless talk, and if she does, then she is not from a good society, that’s her ‘Dhanda’ (business), you don’t participate in that.”
Shortly after the video went viral, social media was split into two sections, with people supporting the actor and others criticizing him for his statement.
Watch the netizens react to the viral video:
The 64-year-old actor called the video “Kya aapko bhi aisi ladkiyan lubhaati hain?”
Apart from that, Mukesh Khanna is quite an active social media user and regularly shares his ideologies with his followers on Instagram and YouTube.
He currently has 1.15 million subscribers on YouTube.
Speaking of his movie front, the actor has starred in many major movies and was known for his role in the TV show ‘Shaktimaan’.
Mukesh Khanna has now teamed up with Sony Pictures for a new reboot of ‘Shaktimaan’.
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