Arjun Kapoor recently celebrated Raksha Bandhan with his sisters Anshula Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Khushi Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor, among others. Readers would be aware that the Kapoor boy shares a close camaraderie with all his sisters including Janhvi Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor too. Amid all the traditions and rituals, Arjun penned an emotional note for all the women in India wherein he expressed his anger and disappointment over the ‘incidents’ indicating towards the Kolkata rape and murder case, which has sparked a nationwide outrage.
Arjun Kapoor shares a heartfelt Raksha Bandhan message on ‘protecting women’ as he reacts to the ongoing Kolkata Rape Case
On the day of Raksha Bandhan, Arjun Kapoor has a message for his fellow men
For the past couple of weeks, many Bollywood celebrities have expressed their angst over the case of a medical trainee who was brutally raped and murdered within her college premises in Kolkata. On the day of Raksha Bandhan, Arjun Kapoor shared a video urging everyone the need to make a woman feel safe. He compared how as brothers, the day of Rakhi is a kind of pledge they take to protect their sisters and in the same flow he added, “So I’m about to go and celebrate Raksha Bandhan with my sisters. It feels really strange to celebrate a festival with what’s happening, which has to do with protecting each other, protecting your sisters, being there for the women in your life, for the women that you love and care for, while we see so much anguish and the lack of understanding and education amongst a lot of men.”
He continued, “When we celebrate rakhi, we speak about being a brother. Why aren’t we taught how to make the environment safe enough for all our sisters to roam around without needing a brother? All the time to protect and take care physically to be around. Yes, I know the visual is something we got used to—that the brother is protective or the man is protective—but I think somewhere we need to teach other men that they need to make women feel safe rather than teach men to protect women.”
“It’s a much bigger conversation. I think there’s a lot of education. There’s a lot of conversation, and there’s a lot of basic understanding that is lacking in our ecosystem. I don’t know how much this will change how people think, but it’s definitely something that’s been on my mind. Why have you always told to protect? Why aren’t we told to make them feel safe? It’s something I’ve been thinking about. It’s been going on in my mind for a long time. Yeah, sometimes you feel it’s not overly discussing because people don’t get it, but I just thought I put it in the universe,” he shared.
About Arjun Kapoor’s professional commitments
For the first time, Arjun Kapoor will be playing an antagonist in the Rohit Shetty Cop Universe action-drama Singham Again starring Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor Khan in lead roles along with many interesting cameos. He also has the romantic comedy Meri Patni Ki Remake in the pipeline, which will also feature Rakul Preet Singh and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead.
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