{"id":422126,"date":"2022-12-16T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=422126"},"modified":"2022-12-16T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:27:19","slug":"smirti-irani-orange-swimwear-deepika-padukone-besharam-rang-tmc-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/entertainment\/smirti-irani-orange-swimwear-deepika-padukone-besharam-rang-tmc-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Besharam Rang: Amid Deepika Padukone&#8217;s saffron bikini row, old video of Smriti Irani donning saffron swimwear at Miss India 1998 goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the right wing outfits and BJP ministers continue to counfound Deepika Padukone on her saffron bikini in upcoming film Pathaan\u2019s song Besharam Rang, an old video of Union Minister Smriti Irani has cropped up on Twitter showing her wearing a saffron swimwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video has paved its way back from 1998, when Smriti Irani took part in the Miss India beauty pageant. The video was uploaded by Tinamool Congress leaders, resulting in an virtual exchange of dialogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the viral video here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The hate-mongering idiots of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottSquad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottSquad<\/a> who wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottShahRukhKhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottShahRukhKhan<\/a> for \u201cBhagwa Rang on a Bikini\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BesharmRang?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BesharmRang<\/a> need to immediately boycott, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smritiirani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@smritiirani<\/a> , because she wore a \u201cBhagwa Bikini\u201d in 1998, but she\u2019s a Union Cabinet Minister. Why No Action on Her??<br>\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GGSmSvXbFm\">pic.twitter.com\/GGSmSvXbFm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc23\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a (@DrRijuDutta_TMC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrRijuDutta_TMC\/status\/1603641338171232256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to a tweet from the BJP&#8217;s Amit Malviya about the uproar surrounding Deepika Padukone&#8217;s orange bikini in one of the film&#8217;s songs, Trinamool Congress politician Riju Dutta shared a video of Ms Irani from the swimsuit phase of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BJP MP Locket Chatterjee was offended by the remark and accused Dutta of misogyny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamata Banerjee should be ashamed for choosing such sexist men to serve as the TMC&#8217;s national spokesperson. He has no regard for the decisions that women make in life. They dislike the rise of successful women. The increase in crimes against women is the result of males like him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shame on Mamata Banerjee for appointing such misogynist men as TMC\u2019s national spokesperson. He has no respect for women and the choices they make in life. They resent successful women and their rise. Men like him are responsible for rising crime against women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/56WntLxKgb\">https:\/\/t.co\/56WntLxKgb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Locket Chatterjee (Modi Ka Parivar) (@me_locket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/me_locket\/status\/1603666101476265985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Trinamool Congress representative referred to the BJP officials who had backed the rapists of Bilkis Bano, a victim of the Gujarat riots in 2002, as \u201csanskari brahmins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion took place as right-wing social media users attacked the Shah Rukh Khan movie Pathaan. This is the second such virulent campaign this year against a Muslim movie star after Aamir Khan&#8217;s &#8220;Laal Singh Chaddha&#8221; earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narottam Mishra, the BJP&#8217;s home minister for Madhya Pradesh, is one of many who has attacked the movie, claiming one of its songs exhibited a polluted mindset and threatening to prevent its release there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the Kolkata Film Festival, Mamata Banerjee asked Arijit Singh to sing one of his favourites and he chose \u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0926\u0947 \u0924\u0942 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u0947 \u0917\u0947\u0930\u0941\u0906\u2026<br><br>It was an evening of realisations. From Mr Bachchan to Arijit, who reminded Mamata Banerjee, in her backyard, that the future of Bengal is saffron\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/57n2RztC8B\">pic.twitter.com\/57n2RztC8B<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Amit Malviya (\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930) (@amitmalviya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya\/status\/1603626281446346754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deepika Padukone&#8217;s orange dress in the song &#8220;Besharam Rang&#8221; (Shameless Color), which, according to its critics, resembles the saffron that is sacrosanct in Hinduism and is the primary colour of the BJP, is at the centre of the Pathaan film ban issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people have referenced Smriti Irani&#8217;s swimsuit video as an example of the hypocrisy of those who criticise Deepika Padukone&#8217;s bikini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent years have witnessed an increase in campaigns against Shah Rukh Khan Khan and those of his colleagues who are not viewed as unabashed followers of the ruling party, endangering the country&#8217;s thriving film sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Trinamool Congress representative referred to the BJP officials who had backed the rapists of Bilkis Bano, a victim of the Gujarat riots in 2002, as \u201csanskari brahmins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":422150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Besharam Rang: Amid Deepika Padukone's saffron bikini row, old video of Smirti Irani donning saffron swimwear at Miss India 1998 goes viral\n\n\n#SaffronBikiniRow #DeepikaPadukone #SRK\ud80c\udcf5 #shahrukh #TMC #BJP #smritiirani","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[111252,125714],"tags":[148382,149004,149003],"yst_prominent_words":[20827,3813,31657,86191,21714,5035,60622,26755,60610,60621,5034,5029,20278,4133],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2022\/12\/16184549\/1648005271-smriti-irani-birthday.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422126"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=422126"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=422126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->