Published 15:16 IST, October 18th 2019
Sonakshi Sinha defends Akshay Kumar after past comments invite trolls
Sonakshi Sinha defended Akshay Kumar after his old comment about wanting fuller heroines invited trolls. She said he had supported her over being body-shamed.
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Songs in Bollywood have featured controversial lyrics over years, and many have spoken up against it in recent years. Aamir Khan h expressed regret over Khambe jaisi khi hai lyrics in a song, while ‘Tandoori Murgi’ line in Fevicol Se song was bashed by Shabana Azmi. Recently, Raveena Tandon was also questioned by a user for lyrics Tu Cheez Bi Hai Mast. Similarly, netizens recently lashed out at Akshay Kumar’s comments from a throwback interview when he said he liked his heroines to be fuller by using words ‘hari bhari’ over ‘chusa hua aam.’ Sonakshi Sinha defended her co-star of many films over comment, saying that Akshay’s comments were in her support after she was body-shamed in initial st of her career. Sonakshi Sinha also hit back at trolls, asking m to utlise ir time better and t make an issue out of ‘stupid’ things.
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Sonakshi Sinha came out in support of Akshay Kumar in a recent interview with a daily. She said that Akshay’s comments at that time were in defense of her after she was body-shamed for her weight, despite shedding 30 kilos for her debut in Dabangg. or star n stated that Akshay Kumar did t make a comment about a ‘random person’, but someone who is a friend and someone who he shared a great working equation with. Sonakshi Sinha ded that Akshay Kumar was being a ‘gentleman’ when he defended her and that re was intention to objectify anyone. She continued that since she was being objectified, as per trolls, and she didn’t have a problem with it, one else should be offended with it eir. actor said that trolls have ‘thing better to do in life’, and y shouldn’t be creating a controversy by ‘digging up stupid things’
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Statement
Akshay h said in an interview from seven years ago, around release of Rowdy Rathore, “Sonakshi is a wonderful actress who has her own style of acting. She has an absolutely different figure – a typical, Indian figure and t size zero. Khaate peete gharane ki lagti hai. I am a pure Punjabi. I like heroines who are hari bhari. Chusa hua aam na l..”
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15:05 IST, October 18th 2019