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Filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt has come out
in support of Indian actress Priyanka
Chopra, who is facing criticism over a scene
in American TV show "Quantico".
Priyanka had apologized for an episode on
the show, portraying Indian nationalists as
terrorists who were trying to frame Pakistan
in a terror plot.
"When Priyanka Chopra makes a mark for
herself internationally, we claim her
achievements as our own and then threaten
to ban her films and make her apologize for
a work of fiction that has been created by
someone else. Can we please attempt to be
larger than that?" Pooja tweeted on
Monday.
In the episode, Priyanka, who plays Alex
Parrish, is an anti-terrorist officer who plots
a nuclear attack in Manhattan to frame
Pakistan for it, just days before an India-
Pakistan summit is to be held. The episode
drew intense criticism from Indian fans.
After ABC issued an apology, Priyanka said
sorry too.
"I'm extremely saddened and sorry that
some sentiments have been hurt by a recent
episode of 'Quantico'. That was not and
would never be my intention. I sincerely
apologize. I'm a proud Indian and that will
never change," Priyanka had tweeted.
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in support of Indian actress Priyanka
Chopra, who is facing criticism over a scene
in American TV show "Quantico".
Priyanka had apologized for an episode on
the show, portraying Indian nationalists as
terrorists who were trying to frame Pakistan
in a terror plot.
"When Priyanka Chopra makes a mark for
herself internationally, we claim her
achievements as our own and then threaten
to ban her films and make her apologize for
a work of fiction that has been created by
someone else. Can we please attempt to be
larger than that?" Pooja tweeted on
Monday.
In the episode, Priyanka, who plays Alex
Parrish, is an anti-terrorist officer who plots
a nuclear attack in Manhattan to frame
Pakistan for it, just days before an India-
Pakistan summit is to be held. The episode
drew intense criticism from Indian fans.
After ABC issued an apology, Priyanka said
sorry too.
"I'm extremely saddened and sorry that
some sentiments have been hurt by a recent
episode of 'Quantico'. That was not and
would never be my intention. I sincerely
apologize. I'm a proud Indian and that will
never change," Priyanka had tweeted.
CREDITS: I.A.N.S
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/pooja-bhatt-upset-double-standards-quantico-row-415601.
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