Anil Kapoor And Aditya Roy Kapur Condemn Violent Attack On JNU Students

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Today the much awaited trailer of Malang starring Aditya Roy Kapur and Disha Patani got released. During the Q & A session post the trailer release, when the media asked the stars about the recently held violence, that took place in the JNU campus, the actors condemned the act and expressed their voice against the attack.

Anil Kapoor said, “It has to be condemned. It was quite sad and shocking, what I saw. It was very disturbing and I didn’t sleep the entire night thinking about what is happening. Nothing is going to happen with violence. Those who have done this should be punished,”

Aditya Roy Kapur too reacted on the same and said, “There’s no place for that kind of violence in our country. The perpetrators have to be brought to task.”

As per reports yesterday around 7 pm, 50 to 60 masked goons entered the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi and thrashed students and professors on Sunday night, who were peacefully protesting against a fee hike.

Reportedly the attackers, armed with sticks and sledgehammer has also damaged university property. Approximately around 30 students and several faculty members have sustained injuries during the attack and have been hospitalised. JNU Students' Union President Aishe Ghosh, who has suffered severe head injuries, was admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. Suchitra Sen, who is a faculty of JNU's Centre for the Study of Regional Development, was also admitted to AIIMS with head  injuries.

Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to condemn the attack that took place. Sonam Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha, Shabana Azmi, Swara Bhasker, Pooja Bhatt, Anurag Kashyap, Riteish Deshmukh and several others voiced against the violence in the capital.

Meanwhile Malang is a revenge drama, which is directed by Mohit Suri and collaboratively produced by Luv Ranjan, Ankur Garg, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Jay Shewakraman. Malang also stars Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu in pivotal roles, which is all set to release on February 7, 2020.