Actress
Sayani
Gupta
recently
took
a
dig
at
superstar
Shah
Rukh
Khan
for
his
stoic
silence
on
the
ongoing
unrest
in
the
country
post
the
Hathras
gang-rape
case.
Reacting
to
a
post
shared
by
King
Khan
on
Gandhi
Jayanti,
the
actress
urged
him
to
speak
up
for
the
downtrodden
and
the
exploited.
Sayani
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan
had
worked
together
in
the
2016
film
Fan.
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Post
On
Gandhi
Jayanti
On
Friday,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
had
shared
a
post
on
Gandhi
Jayanti
in
which
his
daughter
Suhana
and
son
AbRam
is
seen
striking
the
‘three
monkeys
of
Gandhi
ji'
pose
with
another
young
girl.
He
had
captioned
the
picture
as,
"If
this
Gandhi
Jayanti
there
is
One
ideal
we
would
like
our
children
to
follow,
in
good
times,
bad
times
and
all
the
time....it
should
be
Hear
no
bad...see
no
bad....speak
no
bad!
Remembering
the
value
of
truth
on
Gandhiji's
151st
Birth
Anniversary."
Sayani
Gupta
Urges
Shah
Rukh
Khan
To
Speak
Up
For
The
Truth,
The
Downtrodden
Quoting
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
post
on
Twitter,
Sayani
wrote,
"Say
something.
The
Right
thing.
Gandhi
also
taught
us
to
speak
up
for
the
Truth,
the
downtrodden,
the
exploited,
for
our
Dalit
brothers
and
sisters.
Don't
just
shut
your
ears
and
eyes
and
mouths.
@iamsrk."
Netizens
React
To
Sayani
Gupta's
Post
Many
people
on
Twitter
applauded
Sayani
for
her
post.
A
Twitter
user
wrote,
"Thank
you
@sayanigupta-
I
may
not
agree
to
many
things
you
choose
to
support
but
I'm
definitely
with
you
on
this
conspicuous
and
uncomfortable
silence
from
all
the
biggies."
"You
are
the
best...
@sayanigupta
More
power
to
you....,"
read
another
comment.
Another
user
commented,
"Sayani's
not
holding
back,
I
love
it!"
At
the
same
time,
there
were
netizens
who
defended
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in
this
matter.
A
netizen
wrote,
"He
has
to
survive
with
so
much
money
riding
on
him.
It's
easy
to
be
fearless
when
you
have
nothing
to
lose."
Another
user
wrote,
"I
love
what
you
do
Sayani
but
I
hope
even
you
remember
the
last
time
he
genuinely
spoke
for
good,
he
was
vilified
and
even
asked
to
leave
the
country.
He
had
to
literally
apologise
for
spilling
the
truth.
You
of
course
remember
how
he
was
targeted
4
months
later
during
Fan
release.""Sayani
ji.....In
past
also
he
said
his
opinion
but
we
all
know
what
happened??So
may
be
he
is
keeping
aside
from
all
this
controversies...but
his
message
is
good,"
read
another
tweet.
The
Hathras
gang-rape
case
has
shocked
the
entire
nation.
Many
Bollywood
celebrities
like
Anushka
Sharma,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Parineeti
Chopra,
Farhan
Akhtar
and
others
have
condemned
the
brutal
act
and
demanded
justice
for
the
victim.