Published 18:22 IST, June 24th 2020

Apurva Asrani claims 'woke friends' trying to crush movement for Sushant, tags the 'brave'

Apurva Asrani claimed that his 'woke friends' were trying to crushing the movement sparked after Sushant Singh Rajput's death. He tagged the 'brave' voices.

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Some of bitter realities of film industry have come to forefront again in aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput's death. nepotism debate once again has become a talking point, while favouritism, campism, ‘bullying’ and or such terms being talked about as reasons that might have led to late actor allegedly been ‘boycotted’ by a section of film industry. While fans have started #JusticeforSushantSinghRajput movement online, some celebrities too have been opening up with strong statements. 

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Apurva Asrani claimed that some of his ‘woke friends’ were trying to crush movement that Sushant’s death had sparked. He claimed that y were claiming to want ‘dignity’ for Sushant and wanted ors to ‘suffer indignity in silence.’

In retaliation, editor-screenwriter gave a shoutout to those who have ‘bravely spoken up’ since demise of Sushant. Tagging names of stars and screenshots of ir comments, Aligarh artist urged all to t ‘pull m down.’

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He tagged Kangana Ranaut, who is at forefront of battle highlighting injustice against Sushant, indicating blind items written in his name and collusion between journalists and big names. Sushant's debut film director Abhishek Kapoor, who claimed Sushant was t accepted by industry and Shekhar Kapur, who had shared that he was aware of his pain and calling out system, were also tagged in post.

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He also tagged Sonu Nigam, who called out music mafia, Abhay Deol and Ranvir Shorey, who slammed various industry practices during award shows.

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Raveena Tandon who slammed ‘mean girl gang' too found a mention in Apurva's post.

Sushant’s Sonchiriya co-star Maj Bajpayee and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy director Dibakar Banerjee, who recalled hardwork for ‘outsiders’ and jealousy towards talented names, were praised by Apurva.

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He also tagged Abhinav Kashyap who been attacking Salman Khan over being ‘sabotd’ by Khan family. Gulshan Devaiah who opened up on losing projects due to nepotism and Sikandar Kher, who called to end negativity, and Priyanka Bose, were also tagged in post.

 

big names of industry are currently being targeted by a section of netizens. comments have been so intense that some have quit Twitter and some have turned off comments on Instagram.

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18:22 IST, June 24th 2020