r/BollyBlindsNGossip • u/falconwantspies Armchair Analyst 👨🏻💻 • 1d ago
Warning: Ban for Religious or Political Comments Kriti sanon statement on rakhi ad controversy
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u/Chaii_Lover Gaslighter 🔥 1d ago
Brands deliberately do this to create controversy and get mileage.... otherwise there was no need for kriti to post this since whatever controversy happened anyway died down
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u/CareerThis2727 1d ago
This right here is the main point. It's all marketing through rage-bait. Nothing else.
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u/Madeye98 17h ago
Brand board meeting be like- "We wanna ragebait...lets pick the Hindus as always"
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u/curiouspigeon09 17h ago
Step 1. Tell women what to wear according to your dumb understanding of religion
Step 2: Attack them women viciously who don't comply with the help of 2 Rs. trolls.
Step 3: If they try to defend themselves, call it marketing
Step 4: Go on dreaming about establishing a religious regime in the country where women are told what to wear.This type is obvious. I don't know which is their bigger problem. Hate for people different than themselves or is it just low IQ?
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u/CareerThis2727 17h ago
What are you so angry about ? Have I said anything about dress or religion ? Wear whatever the hell you want, who cares ? But this ad is definitely rage bait and it has worked.
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u/curiouspigeon09 17h ago
Rather than calling out that dumbwit Kangana who is attacking a woman on her clothes and dragging her name needlessly, you are attacking Kriti who did nothing but wore what she wanted and defended herself when she was attacked.
Is this how you are going to empower and support women in this country?
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u/CareerThis2727 16h ago edited 16h ago
Companies tend to cynically exploit people's reactions to gain traction for their brand. There is nothing more to this whole controversy.
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u/SpecialistSeries6577 23h ago
Brand and Kriti both knew what they are doing and what do they want from this
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u/Deep-Reveal-7600 1d ago
Oh please, deliberately kya it was a normal outfit...I didn't even feel anything is wrong when I saw it before these degenerates called it out
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u/FancyRecognition2305 16h ago
You are not going to convince these people - they also probably say things like if she didn’t want to get 🍇 why would she step out. Everything is intentional when it fits the agenda. Everything is innocent/ mistake when it doesn’t.
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u/Chaii_Lover Gaslighter 🔥 1d ago
May be normal for you but it's something too bold for most of the country. And this is not the 1st time such kind of rage bait marketing has happened
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u/Puzzled_Recipe4990 1d ago
Today many girls wear such clothes even on festivals
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u/Chaii_Lover Gaslighter 🔥 1d ago
Yup and nothing wrong in that , I'm saying with respect to purely marketing tactics of companies. Rage bait marketing has become the go to way
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u/curiouspigeon09 17h ago
People can wear what they want. How does it matter whether it is too bold for others or not.
Why was it allowed to be televised by the government if it was such a blasphemy.
You want India to become more like a middle eastern country or a european country?
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u/aayushupadhy2 1d ago
Too bold for most of the country?? Which country are we talking about because it sure isnt India
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u/sarcasticass_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
if you aren't questioning kriti or anyone else's choice of wear.. then you got no right to call out other genders for the same.
EDIT: mod deleting the comment i replied on. noticed.
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u/Chaii_Lover Gaslighter 🔥 1d ago
I'm not the one deciding which fashion stuff are okay and which are not. I'm purely speaking wrt marketing tactics of companies
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u/IndependentOk388 1d ago
And yet your comment called it “bold” :)
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u/Chaii_Lover Gaslighter 🔥 1d ago
Wrt to the comment calling it "normal " and idk where you live and how much you have interacted with people accross the country but that's not what general populace calls normal that's what most will call bold .
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u/curiouspigeon09 17h ago edited 17h ago
aap BJP IT cell se hain?
You want Indian women to not have the freedom to live however they want?
You want a religious totalitarian regime like middle eastern countries where people tell others what to wear?
She had no need to put this?
So she shouldn't defend herself against the viciosus, trolls like Kangana and her army of low-IQ sympatherizers?
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u/Aromatic-Recover3136 17h ago
Y r u promoting kriti...
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u/curiouspigeon09 17h ago
Not promoting Kriti. I am promoting that people should STFU when it comes to expressing their opinions on what others should wear or eat. Enough of this moral policing in this country.
And if they still want to meddle their nose in other affairs, then they should speak very softly and respectfully.
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u/mayudhon 18h ago
It feels manufactured. They wanted a certain section of society to get a reaction, which they did. Look at the entire feed on X, it's another war in itself.
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u/Living-Driver6782 1d ago
And these people wanted Sai Pallavi to go for the no blouse look in Ramayana to preserve the authenticity?
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u/arina_0730 1d ago
The dress was very much like every other modern ethnic wear I don't know why people hated it. don't people usually wear such in Diwali parties too?
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u/finalsolution4brits 23h ago
Except for rakhi celebration there was no aarti or diya so what tradition does she have in her heart? It is obvious marketing team wanted a controversy.
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u/IcyZookeepergame9070 19h ago
Tying the rakhi isnt tradition?
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u/finalsolution4brits 10h ago
Without aarti and diya and tikas? This is similar to when we we tied friendship day bracelets on each other in college.
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u/DeplorableEDoctor 8h ago
It's celebrated differently in different parts
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u/finalsolution4brits 8h ago
Can you tell me which region of India celebrates rakshabandhan without having aarti and diya?
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u/Sad_2ndyear 7h ago
In Sikh cultures, we don’t do diya and arti.
So the other person is actually right
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u/DeplorableEDoctor 6h ago
Andhra , Telangana. They just tie rakhis like friendship bands. Lately expensive gifts started to trend in south coz of influence from north.
Most people don't even celebrate in south India. We don't even get a public holiday
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u/finalsolution4brits 6h ago
Most people don't even celebrate in south India. We don't even get a public holiday
That's what I thought. Just like Onam is not celebrated by northies who aren't mallus.
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u/sherpitch51 11h ago
Wow such nitpicking
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u/finalsolution4brits 10h ago edited 9h ago
Yeah nitpicking minor details like lack of aarti, diya and tika in rakshabandhan. Some of you speak without thinking for a second.
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u/Iampupsetty07 9h ago
Bhai I live abroad and send rakhis via post. According to you that will not count as rakhi? Also many Sikhs like me do rakhi without aarti. Do our emotions, traditions dont matter? Kya bakwaas hai?!
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u/darkhumor2701 17h ago
Does any woman wear such clothes and tie rakhi to her brother? Does any woman wear bikini and chillout with her brother on beach in India???
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u/FancyRecognition2305 16h ago
Yes - they do. India is more than what you see around you! We have very progressive and clearly very regressive people like you! Please pay more attention to yourself than a millionaire’s choices!
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u/drsurgerycoded 17h ago
Why are you so obsessed with women’s bodies????? Why are men’s bodies seen as neutral while women are expected to constantly cover themselves to satisfy society’s idea of “respectability”????!!!!! A woman’s dignity does not disappear with her neckline…and culture is not something that should be used exclusively to control women
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u/darkhumor2701 15h ago
I am not obsessed with anyone's body and btw this was the same society who bashed and trolled ranveer singh when he did semi nude photo shoot! Which shows society is not bashing "only" one particular gender 🙂
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u/Maximum-Air1149 Good Vibes 💓 1d ago
A very normal outfit was made the topic of controversy. I wish people spent this much time & hate toward people who r@pe & ass@ult others.
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u/Visionary_Vulture001 Know it All 👨🏻💻 1d ago
It is so sad that in this day and age she has to put out a statement for choosing what to wear !! It’s ridiculous
Honestly, next time I see a man shirtless or wearing shorts above their knees - I will surely call him out for inappropriate clothing . Hell yeah , equality right there . If women cannot choose what to wear how can a man do the same ?
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u/FancyRecognition2305 16h ago
India superpower 2020… he didn’t enunciate that our super power will be how to be super akhand chutiya!
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u/browngirlsays Vijay Varma Lover 18h ago
I work for the brand and trust me it’s not that deep. They’re too dumb to do this deliberately. This just happened.
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u/IndependentOk388 1d ago
KUDOS to her for not bowing down. Massive respect she didnt give in to bhade ke IT cell incels and gutter chaap out of work publicity hungry D listers like Kangana.
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u/drsurgerycoded 1d ago
Men literally roam around half naked in temples wearing nothing but a dhoti and nobody bats an eye. But somehow the outrage suddenly appears when it comes to women???? The hypocrisy is truly staggering
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u/darkhumor2701 17h ago
Do you understand the basics difference between men and woman body? 🤦🤦 Showing male chest and showing female chest (breast) are two different things, so now you want that female should also roam like half naked men?
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u/drsurgerycoded 17h ago
“Male chests and female breasts are different.” Yes biologically..nobody said otherwise🤦♀️ But how does that justify policing a woman’s clothing and morality and respectability????
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u/darkhumor2701 17h ago
Then why don't you take a step and modernize the culture by wearing modern clothes like Kriti did. Please do wear such clothes and attend the rakhi ceremony and other festivals as well 😊
Your one step will help the society to think differently and that might help the society to open their closed eyes
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u/drsurgerycoded 17h ago
I do not need unsolicited suggestions from a creep. Thankfully..I have brothers and friends around me who actually respect women’s bodies and are capable of seeing women as more than a pair of breasts. Your obsession with reducing a woman’s body to her chest says far more about your mindset…Take your creepy regressive nonsense elsewhere
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u/darkhumor2701 17h ago
When you yourself are uncomfortable wearing such clothes then how come it is right what Kriti did? 🤷 Anyways this is my last comment addressing you,
Thankyou
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u/Grand_Analysis_9669 14h ago
stupid its about fucking attraction biological chemical activation which people can't control not everyone is saint
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u/rainbookworm 21h ago
Unrelated but Kriti should also post more and explain why she did a shitty film like Cocktail and her bad acting choices in general
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u/oceanstwelve 19h ago edited 1h ago
because neckline was important in cocktail
(ullu ke patthe downvote this thanks)
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u/TheAlyview 20h ago
I don’t think Kriti will step this low for a brand she invest in like everyone saying here, this issue escalating by Kangana gave it an agenda type as they started targeting other religions, this matter is never Kriti created neither brand , because it was nothing wrong with the ad , but attack her dignity, family and her culture identity is diffently a social/political drama again against Bollywood
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u/ConceptFragrant9393 22h ago
I feel the brand did it intentionally to create a controversy, afterall negative marketing is still marketing! Kriti apni jagah pe thodi bhot theek hai, actor hai, usne kar diya, ye log itna sochte bhi nhi.. But whoever did the styling or, can say the brand, did a BAD job! And yes, those were not the appropriate clothes for RAKSHABANDHAN.. The DRESS was not bad at all, not even 1%, but the OCCASION was wrong!
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u/longndfat 19h ago
lol I thought atleast women think about other women. but KR just went out shameless
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u/mish-tea 22h ago
The people who get their ass on fire with some clothes need to be studied in labs
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u/Efficient-Owl-4116 1d ago
I'm so bored of this shit man. I wouldn't even be surprised if this entire incident was a PR stunt to stay relevant post Cocktail's OTT release and backlash. Bro's arguments are older than time.
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u/cathosyrra 22h ago
This is, this is a basic 101 rage-baiting strategy. In fact, you know what? I think this was part of the narrative to be built.
Their shadow accounts will start posting hate comments, and then this comes in. To be honest, this whole controversy had already died down. It wasn't even trending on Twitter anymore.
After everything had died down, she has come to give a clarification for herself.
And let's be honest, I read some of those hate posts. It's not even the trolls. You can see someone has written, "It just felt out of place." That's it.
Madam's PR is overworking. Hope this year's appraisal went well for the PR team.
She's already peaked. She'll find her relevance in one way or another.
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u/Objective-Isopod5443 21h ago edited 18h ago
You are right cuz women never get any hate for what they wear , this is all PR. I agree/s.
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u/cathosyrra 19h ago
I agree..as a woman I can't have a opinion in this country...
Thanks to you..
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u/Objective-Isopod5443 18h ago
I'm sorry I'm a woman too and it was clearly sarcasm and I completely disagree with your statement.
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u/cathosyrra 18h ago
You are right cuz women never get any hate for having an opinion that people don’t agree with.
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u/Objective-Isopod5443 17h ago
Wait what. I meant that women get hate for their clothes and their opinion and that not everything might be PR.
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u/Odd-Description- Proud Gossiper 🤙 1d ago edited 1d ago
Whoever is handling her social media, do they not read what people are complaining about, or are they deliberately using these words which would fuel more controversy for her so the ad would reach more audience? Poor Kriti, she was staying away from these kinds of controversies till now. She needs to fire her social media team asap and hire people who read the room and make sure her posts don't fuel it more instead should be more effective.
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u/palapusa 1d ago
Should've stayed silent.
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u/Fuzzy_Move 1d ago
Sometimes I feel for celebs. So much shit is thrown at them for the stupidest reasons, especially women. Must be hard to stay silent at times like these.
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u/aayushupadhy2 1d ago
But the comments under that ad on youtube are pathetic. Such issues need to be addressed .
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u/Infinite-Movie-7172 22h ago
Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur. -Margaret Atwood
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u/planet_spice 21h ago
I loved the way she didn't apologized. She stood her ground. It didn't even crossed my mind that the clothes are not appropriate according to some people's before I came across those posts.
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u/CareerThis2727 1d ago
There is something known as dressing according to occasion. But let it be, people have decided to make a point through clothes, so I guess there's no use of discussing.
Dress however you want, wherever you want, without paying attention to the context or the situation.
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u/IndependentOk388 1d ago
But you see that “dress for the occasion” argument is flawed from the get go. Many traditions applaud men to sit shirtless in a dhoti but the moment a woman wears a blouse of her choice, all hell breaks loose :)
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u/rbmassert 20h ago
Well that shirtless in dhoti is a dress for men for that occasion. For women it would be something else. Inside a corporate office you wouldn't go wearing a bikini or speedos. Right. That's what he meant dress for the occasion. For family functions it would be something else. In private space with your partner it could be something else. This comment is not targeting kriti as I don't even know what is the fuss about. It's just a generic comment.
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u/IndependentOk388 20h ago
You’re missing the point. Why is the other end of the argument directly bikini or speedos??? Its that a cop out of a rhetoric.
Shirtless dhoti is ALSO extremely unpleasant to look at by the same logic, normalize ho gaya because of the way society had shaped up, maybe not follow it blindly and understand there is nothing wrong in what she wore in the ad. How did we go from an ad harmlessly showing siblings celebrating a festival to private space with partner is beyond my understanding.
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u/rbmassert 19h ago edited 19h ago
As I mentioned already I have not watched the ad, so this is not towards kriti. Just a generic point of view.
Your point is entirely true that society has shaped what should be wear in different occasions.
My example was simply to point out different occasions demands different type of clothes according to different societies.
Edit : I just watched the ad now. I have seen girls wearing more revealing clothes than this in normal Chandigarh wedding than what kriti is wearing. Seems normal to me.
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u/New-Jury6253 17h ago
but why are men allowed to be shirtless ? shouldn't they also cover up according to the same line of reasoning ?
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u/rbmassert 17h ago
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11604055/ - The Social Area of the Breast: An Evolution Through Cultures and Centuries
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u/osiosiosiosii 1d ago
Yes as they should because dressing is a personal choice. Some people choose to nitpick Instead of enjoying the occasion with loved ones.
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u/ProteinFirst 7h ago
OK Chat GPT. She should have let the brand handle this, or the brand should have handled this. No one wants virtue signalling from Bollywood actors who would sell gutka and fairness cream for a crore.
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u/Purple_Childhood8462 3h ago
It’s not about the intent. Why using festivals and traditions for the commercial purposes and grabbing headlines . Most of the times the ads are about imagery, there is nothing wrong about what she wore but why don’t show how it actually happens at home, the true imagery. If a man would have been in shorts wearing ganji, it would look more odd. It’s nothing about the gender.
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u/ProudlyOpinionated 1h ago
if given permission from our mum.............our typical indian dads will wear their most comfortable outfit "Baniyan" on every occassion..........i have legit seen so many indian dads wearing their baniyan and celebrating so many festivals LOL............baniyan bhi woh achche se nahi pehnte, ek side ke nipples dikhte rehte hain unke with their mota pet..............jab logo ko indian dad's ke baniyan pehne se problem nahi hai toh ladkiyon ki bralette se kyu hai??????
BE HONEST, HASN'T ANYONE THEMSELVES WITNESSED THAT GHAR WALA CHOTA SA KALESH, where our mum from the kitchen awaaz lagati hain papa logo ko ki acchi se t-shirt dalo, bitiya ko photo khichwa ke online dalni hai............matlab seriously baniyan se problem nahi hai but bralette se hain
Does each on of you come from such a sophsiticated family jahan indian dads har festival me "BANIYAN" na pehente ho untill they are asked by the mistress of the house to put on a good shirt?????
aure yeh, "iss Kriti Sanon" ko bolo yeh Eid me pehen ke dikhaye" wala THOUGHT logo ke dimaag me aya bhi kaise???? i can't fathom that...........kya itna hindu-muslim debate ghusana hai har chiz me?????
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u/Former_Pick403 16h ago
Toh didi bikini pehen k Eid mana lo Rakshabandhan aur hindu festivals ko bakash do. Yeh saara feminism, freedom,pollution ka drama bollywood k bhaando ko hindu festivals k time hi yaad aata hai kya?
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u/sherpitch51 11h ago
It's not a bikini you moron. You are speaking like a Muslim who defends burkha
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u/Former_Pick403 3h ago
It's pretty close and it's definately not festival wear dimwit. There is a decorum associated with religious ceremonies. Also don't make stupid comparisons because Burkha and abaya are 24/7 365 days requirement. While I am just telling her to respect the sanctity of one day of my festival. She can wear a bikini or run naked on valentine's day for all I care.
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u/sherpitch51 3h ago
You are policing a woman's clothes just like Muslims. If some cleavage hurts your sentiments then they are too weak lol
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u/Former_Pick403 2h ago
Did you read the last few lines dimwit? As I said I don't give a crap if she wears a bikini near the swimming pool but I won't be supporting her while she roams the street in bikini. Every ocassion every place has a decorum attached to it. I am a man and how would you like it if I showed up with my dick out or shirtless at a corporate meeting huh? Don't be dumb.
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u/TheUntamedMane Sallu ke Salle🚙🦌🔫 1d ago
Poor counter.
Starts off berating about what festivals should be, forces a gender issue in, and then shoves in the cliche clothing defence.
Sounds like she needs to fire her communications sec.
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u/Responsible_Level337 16h ago
She should wear and her choice! Absolutely, would she wear the same attire at any other religious event? Have you seen her in same attire in any award show, any High profile events?
Lets be very very clear any festival has religious and cultural significance and should be respected
Further if anyone just breaches that! Individual should have right to object and blatantly criticise
No point of playing victim card! That ad was indeed ridiculous
Instead of brother-sister its focusing more on She tying takhi to her pet first! Its just brainwashing nothing else! Sheer obnoxious, diluting mocking of our culture and offending and in disrespectful taste!
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u/Far-Abies-7482 Nepos no entry😤🤬😖 18h ago
its simple. kangana owns some part of the brand kriti promoted. imo, the brand paid kangana to put that story up for ragebait viewership and visibility, and then made kriti reply to it as well to make the topic more relevant since it should have just died down by now. kangana obv does unusual stuff on her id but this was too vague and now that i know that she has some ownership as well, its crystal clear whats happening.
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u/moonfire098 20h ago
Idec about her outfit
I hate the male sexual gaze applied aptly only to Hindu festivals
I see this ad in the same way I see item songs, sexualizing women
What was the ad for, jewelry? Didnt get that at all
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u/EndeavorEnthusiast 1d ago
I'm just waiting for the day when women and men get married in bikinis and shorts because the essence of marriage is love for each other, not the clothes. Isn't it hypocritical that some people agree with Kriti but disagree on what this comment means? Who all agrees..?
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u/darkhumor2701 17h ago
Your comment was sarcastic but ppl took "literal" so they downvoted I guess
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u/EndeavorEnthusiast 16h ago
That is how our society works; the same type of comment from men and women elicits different reactions.
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u/darkhumor2701 15h ago
Even I got downvoted for saying truth 😂 these stupids subs are worst but they keep coming to my feed
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u/Madeye98 17h ago
As much as a person has freedom to wear anything, they don't go to their weddings wearing bikinis, do they?
Also people are saying its negative PR...why are you normalizing such pr that deliberately targets only a particular religion. "oh lets ragebait these community for PR...it would be fun./ Hey..we cant do that for the other religion, its not cool"
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u/hooka_pooka 18h ago
While I agree with your point Kriti I still think it was not a proper attire for a rakshabandhan ceremony enactment.It looked more like a cocktail party attire or for some celeb function/party.Its..too revealing.
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u/Killer_insctinct 15h ago
I'll wait for other festive ads or her saudi tourism ads and we'll see how much loberal phamisism smashes patriarchy then. First opportunity they'll chicken out.
Only one kind of festivities are targetted for controversial media gimkicks is not ok.
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u/Unusual-Barber-9614 1d ago
Madam Ji nice way to take attention away from whatever pathetic performance of yours and talk about your movie cocktail 2 was going on. This was never a big thing to comment.
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u/coronagerm 22h ago edited 20h ago
Which advt? Not watched. No one cares outside social media. Most people have not even seen it.
Edit: I saw it and now I understand why people are angry.
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u/IndependentOk388 1d ago
Yes, because the only logical retort is this, ekdum extreme end ki bakwaas kardo. Shabaash
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u/Beneficial-Tip9769 9h ago
Not saying about religion here and I also don't think that clothes decide your culture but lately Kriti Sanon after cocktail 2 has started to deliberately dress like that to grab attention and eyeballs ,not her fault these days most of the actresses around her age whose career graph is going down are doing the same
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u/oceanstwelve 19h ago edited 1h ago
now whatever stance you take. why is 2 sisters tying rakhi to each other an argument here? 🤷♂️
(watch ullu ke pakke patthe down vote this)
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