Not many celebs have reacted to the ongoing Kunal Kamra controversy. However, Hansal Mehta, who is known for his unbiased social media posts, took to X to share that whatever happened with Kamra is nothing new. 25 years ago for a dialogue in his film, his office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, was vandalized and even he was physically assaulted.
Mehta wrote, “What happened with Kamra is, sadly, not new to Maharashtra. I’ve lived through it myself. Twenty-five years ago, loyalists of the same (then undivided) political party stormed into my office. They vandalised it, physically assaulted me, blackened my face, and forced me to apologise publicly—by falling at the feet of an elderly woman—for a single line of dialogue in my film.”
The filmmaker further wrote that the line was harmless and the movie was already cleared by Censor Board with 27 cuts. Mehta revealed at the venue where he apologized there were at least 20 political figures along with 10,000 onlookers and Mumbai police was also there watching everything in silence.
The Shahid director wrote that the incident bruised his spirit, “That incident didn’t just bruise my body. It bruised my spirit. It blunted my filmmaking, muted my courage, and silenced parts of me that took years to reclaim. No matter how deep the disagreement, no matter how sharp the provocation—violence, intimidation, and humiliation can never be justified. We owe ourselves, and each other, better. We owe ourselves dialogue, dissent, and dignity.”
Kunal Kamra ‘Gaddar’ Joke Controversy
On Sunday, Kunal Kamra shared a video on social media from one his shows in which he took a dig at a minister and called him ‘Gaddar’. The video went viral on social media, and soon, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena workers vandalised, The Habitat, the comedy studio in Khar, Mumbai, where Kamra had performed. They later went to the police station to file an FIR against the comedian.
Kunal Kamra Statement On Controversy
On Monday, Kunal shared a statement regarding the whole controversy, and he has mentioned that he won’t apologize for what he said in his gig. Check out the statement below…
