‘Ranveer Singh Is The Delhi Gymkhana Of Bollywood’: Shobhaa De Slams FWICE Over Ban Amid Don 3 Row | Bollywood News
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Shobhaa De has reacted to Ranveer Singh’s Don 3 row and slammed FWICE’s actions. She went on to compare the controversy to the ongoing Delhi Gymkhana Club dispute.
‘Ranveer Singh Is The Delhi Gymkhana Of Bollywood’: Shobhaa De Slams FWICE Over Ban Amid Don 3 Row
Ranveer Singh, who delivered a monstrous hit this year, has been making headlines after the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) issued a non-cooperation directive against him following his sudden exit from Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3. Amid the ongoing row, author and columnist Shobhaa De has now reacted to the issue and slammed FWICE’s actions. She went on to compare the controversy to the ongoing Delhi Gymkhana Club dispute.
Shobhaa De posted a video on social media where she questioned the growing culture of power and control in the industry and compared the Ranveer Singh controversy with the ongoing Delhi Gymkhana Club matter. She referred to Ranveer as the “Delhi Gymkhana of Bollywood.” In the video, she can be heard saying, “I’ve been following the Ranveer Singh thing. I’ve been following the Delhi Gymkhana thing. There’s not that much of a difference. I mean, I’m saying this, and don’t laugh. Ranveer Singh is like the Delhi Gymkhana in many ways of Bollywood. What is the whole thing about? It’s about power, it’s about control, it’s about banning, it’s about taking away, it’s about putting people in their place, it’s about teaching lessons to people or institutions. Maybe there’s a sense of overprivilege or taking advantage of a certain position, without going into the legalities of it.”
She further added, “What I’m saying is plainly this. Now, Ranveer Singh is sensible, clever, well-advised. He’s holding his silence. He’s keeping quiet, letting his fans and followers fight his battles for him. The Delhi Gymkhana, full of stuffed old shirts, sitting and sipping their gin and tonics, and keeping the rest of the world out, is a different story.”
Questioning FWICE’s role in the matter, she asked who the organization was and said they had never registered with her. Shobhaa added, “I don’t think they’re all that important, but suddenly they have assumed the kind of importance to say, ‘Oh, we won’t allow this man, this superstar, the most successful actor in India, to get to the studios and to his work.'” She further stated that, in the process, FWICE was making itself unpopular with the very group it claimed to protect, the technicians and workers who could end up losing jobs through no fault of their own.
She shared, “If it’s a question that had to be resolved between Excel, Farhan Akhtar and Ranveer Singh, they could have either hired lawyers or gone to court, but not involved whoever these people are. What is happening is something very ugly, and it goes well beyond one lobby trying to fix another very powerful lobby. There should be no political ideology when it comes to entertainment and when it comes to the careers of not just one star, but an entire sub-industry of technicians and others who are really badly hit by the so-called ban or refusal to cooperate.”
She called Ranveer an “iconic movie star.” The author added, “He’s a phenomenon, and his stupendous success, which has to be credited to his director Aditya Dhar and producer of Dhurandhar, seems to be a conspiracy not just against one star – that’s Ranveer Singh – but against Dhurandhar or everyone involved in it, in particular the director and producer.”
“What Ranveer has successfully done by keeping quiet is enhance his own brand appeal and also his popularity. So, who’s going to win this round? Let’s wait and see,” she concluded. While sharing the video, she wrote in her caption, “Ranveer Singh is the Delhi Gymkhana of Bollywood…..same same but different… Exclusivity instead of inclusivity? Stop behaving like Trump!!! Threats and intimidation???? Won’t work. Never have. Regardless who the players are…”
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