Akshay
Kumar
vs
Mallika
Dua:
Twinkle
Khanna
SLAMS
Mallika
in
open
letter
|
FilmiBeat
Actor-turned-writer
Twinkle
Khanna
has
defended
her
husband,
actor
Akshay
Kumar,
in
the
wake
of
a
controversy
which
erupted
after
he
passed
what
was
seen
as
an
off-colour
remark
at
stand-up
comic
Mallika
Dua
on
a
TV
show.
According
to
reports,
Mallika
wanted
to
ring
a
bell
to
appreciate
an
act
on
'The
Great
Indian
Laughter
Challenge',
a
practice
followed
by
the
show.
Akshay
had
then
said,
"'Aap
bell
bajao,
main
aap
ko
bajata
hun'".
The
colloquial
word
'bajao' is
believed
to
carry
violent
or
sexual
undertones.
Twinkle,
however,
argued
that
'bajao' was
a
'phrase
that
both
men
and
women
use'
and
called
it
a
'pun
on
the
words
and
actions
related
to
ringing
of
the
bell'.
She
posted
a
lengthy
statement
on
Twitter,
saying
that
she
wanted
to
"address
the
controversy" on
the
sets
of
'The
Laughter
Challenge'.
"It's
a
colloquial
phrase
that
both
men
and
women
use
-
for
instance,
'I
am
going
to
bajao
him/her'
or
I
got
bajaoed',
Red
FM
even
has
a
tagline
'Bajate
Raho'
all
without
sexist
connotations,"
she
said.
Akshay's
comment
had
prompted
Mallika's
father,
journalist
Vinod
Dua,
to
slam
the
actor
on
his
Facebook
page.
The
post
has
since
been
removed
by
the
website.
"Mr
Vinod
Dua,
Ms
Dua's
father,
had
written
a
post
-
it's
been
taken
down
now,
stating,
'I
am
going
to
screw
this
cretin
Akshay
Kumar.'
Should
Mr
Dua's
statement
also
be
taken
literally
or
interpreted
in
context," Twinkle
wrote.
Twinkle
added
she
always
supported
'freedom
within
comedy'
and
asked
people
to
stop
dragging
her
into
the
controversy.
"I
have
always
stood
up
for
freedom
within
comedy
including
defending
AIB's
infamous
roast
on
numerous
occasions
in
the
past
and
that
is
my
stance
even
today,
so
kindly
stop
tagging
me
in
this
debate," she
concluded.
Akshay's
comment
made
headlines
after
a
video
of
comic
Shyam
Rangeela
mimicking
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
and
Congress
vice-president
Rahul
Gandhi
was
leaked
on
social
media.
Mallika,
along
with
comedians
Zakir
Khan
and
Hussain
Dalal,
was
reportedly
fired
from
the
show
earlier
this
month.