Written by Rakhi Jagga | Ludhiana |
Updated: June 17, 2016 12:25:21 pm
Updated: June 17, 2016 12:25:21 pm
Diljit Dosanjh said, “When I was narrated the script of Udta Punjab, I found their intention right.”
Punjab Cabinet minister Gulzar Singh Ranike Thursday targeted Punjab actor-and-singer Diljit Dosanjh for being a part of the controversial drug-themed Bollywood film, Udta Punjab.
Ranike, who was in Sangrur to chair a meeting of SAD’s Scheduled Caste (SC) cell, said, “Diljit Dosanjh is a Punjabi and he should not have been part of a movie which has been made to defame Punjab.
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He will be projecting a wrong image of Punjab through this movie and he should be ashamed of doing so.”
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Interestingly, actor Shahid Kapoor, who is also a part of the film, is a Punjabi. But Ranike focused his attack only on Dosanjh, who is at the moment a popular actor of Punjabi cinema and has a great fan following in the state.
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Meanwhile, defending Dosanjh, Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, who himself is an actor, said, “What can a SAD minister understand about actors and their work. Now, will SAD ministers teach us what role we should play and what we should not?”
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First published on: 17-06-2016 at 02:26:14 am
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