Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’ JNU visit gets a shout out from fellow actors
Hindustan TimesDeepika Padukone’s Bollywood colleagues tweeted in support of the actor after she visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday evening, two days after a masked mob attacked students and teachers on the campus. Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Nikkhil Advani, Hansal Mehta, Anubhav Sinha, actors Richa Chadha, Swara Bhaskar and former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, among several others, hailed Deepika for meeting the students at the university. #JNUViolence @deepikapadukone.” Richa Chadha wrote, “Brava @deepikapadukone!” Filmmaker Hansal Mehta called Deepika, Richa, Sonam Kapoor “Heroes” on Twitter. #WeAreWithJNU #noplaceforfascism.” Deepika also met former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who later thanked her for her visit on Facebook.