This is not the first time that Mukesh Khanna has been associated with a controversial statement. The actor previously called 'The Kapil Sharma Show' 'vulgar' and the 'worst'.
Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, best known for essaying the roles of Shaktimaan and Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, on Friday, stoked yet another controversy when he made sexist remarks stating that #MeToo problem began when women stepped out and started going to work.
In a clip from a recent interview of his with The Filmy Charcha, the actor can be seen alleging that women themselves are responsible for the rise in issues such as sexual harassment. While mentioning that both men have women have a different set of roles of play in life, he blamed the latter for trying to be the equal-half.
His statements, like expected, did not go down well with Internet users who bashed him for being sexist and misogynistic. Some social media users even went ahead and stated that it is because of men having a mindset such as the veteran actor's that things like #MeToo happen in the first place.
"I understand that it must be difficult for #MukeshKhanna to watch women successfully balance their professional & personal lives, while he whines & nurses his inflated ego. For a misogynist, the concept of consent &sexual harassment will remain alien. #MeToo must be scary for you? (sic)," wrote a Twitter user.
"Some "reel" heroes are not "real" heroes! #MukeshKhanna (sic)," wrote another.
"More than Shaktiman, I know #MukeshKhanna as Bhishma Pitamah. He was fabulous in the show and I am really disheartened to see such statements coming from him," wrote yet another Internet user.
In a recent interview, Mukesh Khanna said in Hindi that the whole '#MeToo issue' began after women started to work.
“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,” said Khanna.
This is not the first time that Mukesh Khanna has been associated with a controversial statement. The actor previously called 'The Kapil Sharma Show' 'vulgar' and the 'worst'.
He had also lashed out at Ekta Kapoor for ruining Mahabharata through her 2008 show 'Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki'.
He had said, "The new version of Shaktimaan cannot be the way Ekta Kapoor made Mahabharata (in 2008) by putting a tattoo on Draupadi’s shoulder. She had said that she was making Mahabharata for modern people. ‘Sanskriti kabhi modern nahi ho sakti, putri. Jis din Sanskriti ko modern karoge, khatam ho jayegi."
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