NEW DELHI: bollywood actor randeep hooda was at the centre of a growing social media storm on wednesday over a nine-year video in which he's seen making derogatory comments against Bahujan Samaj party chief Mayawati. randeep hooda is receiving a huge backlash on social media for allegedly cracking a sexist and casteist joke on Mayawati, four times chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. In an old video, which has surfaced online, while addressing an audience, Hooda is heard saying that he’s going to make “a dirty joke” before mentioning Mayawati’s name.
A twitter user posted the video of Hooda making the comment and wrote, “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, a top bollywood actor talking about a Dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed.” The video did not go down well with a section of netizens who has called the actor’s behaviour “casteist”, “sexist” and also demanded an apology.
“Mr randeep hooda will pay for this, indian audience would not forgive him, I as an obc person strongly condemn his remarks,” posted another user. On the work front, randeep hooda features alongside Salman Khan in Radhe: Your Most wanted Bhai, which dropped digitally on Eid.
