Published 18:56 IST, March 2nd 2020

Rohit Shetty speaks on Delhi riots at Sooryavanshi event; emphasises on 'being silent'

Speaking at the trailer launch of his film, the filmmaker asked people to stay calm in the face of communal tension in the wake of the Delhi riots

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Filmmaker Rohit Shetty's next film, Akshay Kumar-starrer Sooryavanshi, is centred around terror strikes and communal harmony. Speaking at trailer launch of his film, filmmaker asked people to stay calm in face of communal tension in wake of Delhi riots, and urged people t to spread panic and rumours without adequate kwledge of ground realities. 

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Rohit Shetty on Delhi riots 

Asked about his reaction to Delhi riots, director said best thing at this time would be to stay quiet. "It's a very serious issue and a lot of people are talking about it. best thing right w for all of us would be to stay calm. Our officials, government, our people are re... It's easy to talk about what people have gone through re while doing an event here. So best thing, right w, for entire India would be to stay silent.

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"Everyone's been talking and chaos is increasing. If we stay quiet, things will fall in place. re's a chief minister, ors are re. Has anyone seen riots? You'll be really scared. One should never eng in it. I can give a lecture, people will praise me on social media. But right w, we all should stay silent about it for a few days... Until it is sorted, let's us t speak."

Touted to be ar cop drama addition to Rohit Shetty’s directorial list that stars Akshay Kumar as lead actor. It is third part of Rohit Shetty's cop universe trilogy that began with Singham.  film is slated to hit atres on March 27th, 2020 and will star Gulshan Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Niharica Raizada, Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer, and Vivan Bhatena in prominent roles. 

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