Mumbai: After Farhan Akhtar and Madhur Bhandarkar, Alia Bhatt has come out in support of Gauahar Khan , who was slapped for wearing a short dress while hosting a reality show, by a person seated among the audience.
Alia tweeted:
What happened with @GAUAHAR_KHAN is APPALLING !!!!!Lots of love and power to her for being the strong woman that she is!!!! Disgusted....
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) December 2, 2014
Madhur Bhandarkar, who is known for making woman-centric cinema too condemned the incident.
He tweeted:
Shocked to hear that Gauhar Khan got slapped for alleged indecency. Absurdity just touched a new level. Disgusting and highly condemnable.
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) December 1, 2014
Farhan who is the founder of MARD (Men Against Rape and Discrimination) too extended support to Gauahar.
He wrote:
Dearest natural selection, please help us out-evolve morons like the one who slapped Gauhar Khan. Sincerely...
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) December 1, 2014
Filmmaker Farah Khan took took to Twitter to express her support to Gauahar.
Here's the tweet:
@GAUAHAR_KHAN When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.. U hold Ur head up high darling
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) December 2, 2014