New Delhi: Earlier this week, an old video clip of Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda went viral in which he was seem making a ‘sexist’ and ‘casteist’ joke’ on politician Mayawati. The clip left the face of netizens red with anger as #ArrestRandeepHooda is one of the top trends on Twitter. Twitterati also demand an unconditional apology from the actor.
In the video, Randeep is sitting on a stage and talking to the audience. Suddenly, he says that he is going to make a dirty joke while also adding it is about politician Mayawati. He said, “There was Miss Mayawati. She was walking along the street with two kids, two boys. There was a man, like our man here (pointing to an audience member). He asked, “Are they twins?” (Mayawati) said, “No, no. He’s four, he’s eight.” He (man) said, “I can’t believe someone has been there twice”.”
if this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards dalit women, i don’t know what will. the “joke”, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, top bollywood actor talking about a dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed. pic.twitter.com/lVxTJKnj53
— Agatha Srishtie ? please DM with SOS tweets (@SrishtyRanjan) May 25, 2021
Twitter Reactions:
He is racist as well as Casteist .#ArrestRandeephooda pic.twitter.com/W0pSHRmVc1
— Satya Kabir (@vsatya265) May 27, 2021
In civilized society, a person can never have this language#ArrestRandeephooda pic.twitter.com/I5USZvYK3M
— रवि भारतीय ?? ( बहुजन आवाज ) (@RaviJatavRj) May 27, 2021
What he has said abt mayawati it reflects his caste supremacy ideology he admitted this before many times he admitted posted “J” does not come under religion even he denied interest caste marriages #ArrestRandeephooda pic.twitter.com/m9FzTk7mIW
— ਪੌਰਸ PORUS (@PorusofPunjab) May 28, 2021
Randeep Hooda’s cracking a joke on the politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati is an offence of outraging the modesty of a woman under section- 354 of IPC. Randeep Hooda should be arrested immediately.#ArrestRandeephooda pic.twitter.com/ghGNTzAsLx
— DANGI THAKUR⚖️ (@Silly_billy_DT) May 28, 2021
Apart from being down right casteist it also shows the disgraceful mindset of not only the actor but all his audience about the appearance/looks of women. Not even one objected while so many were laughing and cheering. #DalitLivesMatter #womenlivesmatter#arrestrandeephooda https://t.co/FMt73AHZS7
— Mehmood Pracha (@MehmoodPracha) May 28, 2021
#ArrestRandeepHooda #Arrest_Randeep_Hooda #RandeepHooda #ArrestRandeephooda
and the cheering audience they need to be identified and arrested too https://t.co/6b3gVeO0FF— Mehmood Pracha (@MehmoodPracha) May 28, 2021
The man earlier was held in high respect. But he is so deeply inhuman,sexist and of course casteist. The man must be taken to task#ArrestRandeepHooda @TheShudra @DrLaxman_Yadav @surajyengde @Profdilipmandal https://t.co/gqqEb5cpt4
— Com. K V Yadav (@TenFathom) May 26, 2021
It’s not cool to crack a joke on Our Iron Lady Behenji Mayawati . We won’t let the mouth blabber. We women are not a joke to men! #ArrestRandeephooda pic.twitter.com/cXTyP0WTqb
— Kavithadurga (@Kavithadurga1) May 28, 2021
I dont think this has anything to be with her being dalit.
Randeep is trying to say she is not good looking so she should not have sex which of course is outrageous.Lets not give it a caste angle
— Paritosh Pandey (@P__Paritosh) May 26, 2021
I think Randeep hooda *Ran-deep* into the controversy of atrocities by simply cracking a joke on a lady called Mayawati, he has to clear his stand one more time by clarifying that the lady in a context is not same “Mayawati” which peoples have misunderstood in the name of dalits
— Ankit Sharma #Aandolanjeevi✊? (@sayankit) May 27, 2021
Career
Randeep Hooda was last seen as the main antagonist of ‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’, starring Salman Khan and Disha Patani. The Prabhu Deva directorial released on OTT platforms in India May 13.
He will be seen in the upcoming web series, ‘Inspector Avinash’ based on the true story of police officer Avinash Mishra and his war against crime in Uttar Pradesh. It is being directed by Neeraj Pathak. Actress Urvashi Rautela will play the protagonist’s wife Poonam Mishra in the series.
