Divyanka Tripathi condemns 'Mahabharat' actor Mukesh Khanna's controversial remark on #MeToo movement

Television actor Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya took to her Twitter account on Sunday and strongly rebuked Mukesh Khanna's controversial comment on the MeToo movement, calling the thought process "regressive and outdated".  

Divyanka wrote, "How regressive & outdated is that! It's cringeworthy when people at respectable positions make such remarks. Misogyny may be a result of a traumatic memory or past. That's the only benefit of doubt I can think of. With due respect - I condemn this statement of Mukesh ji!" 

Check out her tweet here. 

 November 1, 2020

For the uninformed, 'Mahabharata' actor Mukesh Khanna in a recent interview had blamed the women for trying to be equal to and walk shoulder-to-shoulder with a man.

In an interview with The Filmy Charcha, he said in Hindi that the whole 'Me Too issue' began after women started leaving their kitchens. 

He said, "Aurat ki rachna alag hoti hai and mard ki alag hoti hai. Aurat ka kaam hai ghar sambhalna, jo maaf karna mein kabhi kabhi bol bhi jata hu. Problem kaha se shuru hue hai #MeToo Ki jabh aurato nein bhi kaam karna shuru kar liya. Aj aurat mard ke saath kandhey se kandha milani ke baat karti hai (Women and men are made differently. Women’s responsibility is to take care of the house. I am sorry to say this, but the MeToo problem started after women started to work. Today, women aspire to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with men)." 

One day after his controversial remark, Mukesh Khanna had said he was surprised by how his statement was taken. "I am not against women working. As I said let me show you my full interview taken by someone from which this ‘Vivadit Bayan’ has been taken out to malign me. This which I don’t mean. I was just commenting on how Me too can happen. You can see yourself in this interview how I respect women," he said.