Rising Star 3 judges Shankar Mahadevan, Diljit Dosanjh and Neeti Mohan were condemned for sexist prank. Gender equality activist Kirthi Jayakumar and singer Chinmayi Sripaada tweeted about the same.
Rising
Star
3
judges
Shankar
Mahadevan,
Diljit
Dosanjh
and
Neeti
Mohan
faced
backlash
on
social
media
after
they
pulled
off
a
sexist
prank
on
the
show.
In
the
wake
of
#MeToo
movement
in
India,
netizens
feel
that
the
judges
have
taken
sexual
harassment
lightly.
In
the
recent
episode,
two
contestants
called
Neeti
'Kadak'
and
'Raapchik'
in
red
sari.
This
didn't
go
well
with
Neeti
as
she
said
they
were
using
cheap
language.
Neeti
said,
"I
am
representing
all
the
girls
here
and
I
don't
allow
this.
No
one
can
talk
to
me,
or
any
girl
like
this
in
this
country
or
any
country.
We
three
judges
don't
approve
this,
the
show
doesn't
approve
this,
the
channel
doesn't
approve
this
was
of
talking." When
she
saw
both
contestants
in
fear
as
she
threatened
to
disqualify
them,
she
burst
into
laugh
and
revealed
that
it
was
a
prank
on
the
contestants.
The
prank
didn't
go
well
with
the
Twitterati
and
called
out
the
judges.
Kirthi
Slams
The
Rising
Star
Judges
Gender
equality
activist
Kirthi
Jayakumar
and
singer
Chinmayi
Sripaada
tweeted
about
it
in
a
thread.
Take
a
look
at
Kirthi's
tweets:
"Absolutely
appalled
at
how
@neetimohan18,
@diljitdosanjh,
@Shankar_Live
and
the
rest
of
the
crew
literally
threw
the
#MeToo
movement
under
the
bus
on
@ColorsTV.
Speaking
up
about
sexual
harassment
is
not
easy,
and
here
you're
all
belittling
it
as
"mazaak"."
-
(sic)
‘Sexual
Harassment
Is
Not
A
Joke’
"Terrible
that
@neetimohan18
says
that
she
represents
all
girls
on
the
stage,
and
then
threatens
to
walk
out
in
response
to
what
is
clearly
inappropriate
and
verbal
sexual
harassment,
and
then
proceeds
to
laugh
at
how
it
is
all
a
prank.
Seriously,
sexual
harassment
is
not
a
joke."
‘How
Casually
You
All
Treat
An
Issue
So
Serious’
"And
now
@diljitdosanjh
apologized
to
them!!
@Shankar_Live
says
it
was
a
prank
by
one
contestant
on
another.
Thanks
to
how
casually
you
all
treat
an
issue
so
serious,
there
is
ZERO
accountability
in
this
industry
for
sexual
harassment."
Chinmayi
Sripaada:
This
Ain’t
Funny
Singer
Chinmayi
also
tweeted,
"Hi
Shankar
sir
and
Neeti
-
I
called
out
Mr
Vairamuthu
and
have
been
banned
by
the
TN
dubbing
union.
Please
do
know
this
aint
funny.
I
am
fighting
a
court
case.
Though
support
would
have
been
great,
this
tone
deaf
‘joke' could
have
been
avoided.🙏🙏🙏"
Netizens
Slam
The
Judges
One
of
the
users
wrote,
"This
really
is
very
shameful.
Here
hundreds
of
women
are
fighting
for
their
rights.
And
this
is
how
they
decide
to
act.
Do
these
celebrities
even
think
for
one
second
that
they
are
national
youth
figures
and
should
think
before
doing
these
type
of
stupid
things..."
Another
User
Wrote…
"Agree.
I
was
zapped
at
their
behaviour.
This
his
exactly
how
rape
culture
gets
normalized.
Shame
on
the
channel
and
the
judges
for
do
this.
You
are
part
of
the
problem."
-
(sic)