Fans, journalists, industry support Deepika, #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone trends

The tweets that caused the uproar

Deepika Padukone

  • “Supposedly India’s ‘LEADING’ newspaper and this is ‘NEWS’!!?? “
  • “YES!I am a Woman.I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??
  • “Dont talk about Woman’s Empowerment when YOU don’t know how to RESPECT Women!”

Reactions from film industry and leading journalists

  • Homi Adajania: we just slam ourselves back into the dark ages! Reputed channels inciting regressive shit. What are they thinking?! Sad!
  • Saqib Saleem: Its a shame that this is what we do in the name of journalism.. More power to you @deepikapadukone ..
  • SOPHIE CHOUDRY: It’s a compliment! You look so great that we want to make sure everyone knew! :)” What? Seriously?! Sick!
  • Ileana D’Cruz: @deepikapadukone absolutely disgusting that this is what they choose to write about! Good on you for speaking up against this bullshit! Xxx
  • Huma Qureshi: More power to @deepikapadukone :-) dats how u shut them upppp
Deepika TOI

The TOI tweet on Deepika’s cleavage revealing outfit

Fans come out in support and trend #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone, which becomes the top trend in India

  • How can #TOI disrespect a woman, and call it a COMPLIMENT? Shameless. @deepikapadukone Deserves an apology!
  • To the ones who made the #cleavage #news at #TOI. Did you really think that was in good taste? #Pathetic
  • Finally someone is talking plain, straight and real women right! shameless TOI is still not apologizing!!
  • Yea I’m a woman & I’ve gt breasts & cleavage and nobody shud hav problem wid dat!! U go girl!!

Even the Twitter handle of Aam Aadmi Party joined in to support Deepika

  • RT if you agree that level of journalism has fallen quite a lot in India in recent times. #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone”
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41 Comments

  • The best think about this act by dp is that it will make more women stand up for their rights in a patriarchal society

  • This zoom-toi-times now trio is the worst media house I hv ever seen.
    Zoom always posts boi figure while everyone posts producer figure
    Arnab goswami nvr lets those comment makers in his debate to talk whoever doesn’t hv the same opinion as arnab about the topic
    And nw thid cheap act by toi

  • Well, I wonder how the photographers or videographers can take photos from a so weird angle? Absolutely, stupid and weird! Well, Salman has done a good job by KICKing photographers who behave like they are in Machchi Bazaar!

    Having said that, this is not the first time that media reported about the ckeavage shows by the actresses. So, the actresses must also carefully choose their dresses. When there is something revealing, they will certainly take pictures.

    Well, I also doubt that it may be a publicity stunt to create hypes around her fourth coming movie.
    Why should she make the matter a mountain out of a molehill when her Kingfisher’s Calendar pictures are more revealing than this? Just my opinion!

  • What is this?
    TOI should be banned..
    Depika all the person who have self respect would support you.i am with you….go ahead…

  • What’s wrong in this…if u r showing ur cleavage then u need not be critical if it makes some news…to be honest toi did nothing wrong..do we see actors trashing media over the news of their physique?. ..NO, so why such drama over the news of her showing her cleavage?grow up ladies.Feminism is good but again its misuse may cause problems to the ladies itself.

  • When deepika wore bikini and they published it, she did not had any problem. Now to promote her crap film where she is in lead , she is using cheap promotional tactics.

  • News journalists shouldnt resort to such derogatory items of news- theres alot of news out there that should be reported..,

    This type of news items should be left for showbiz journalists n for them to decide if its worthy of being published or not…

    I think in India today editors at news publications can not differentiate between whats news n whats entertainment news…

  • This isnt news worthy- but its a controversy now due to the poor judgement of journalists n editors which is a good thing as it will bring about a honest discussion of equality and sexuality…. Sack the sexists n get more liberal minded people into positions of power in the media…

  • Cheap journalism….Going down day by day…anything to publicity of their news medias….
    and of course #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone
    nd I twitted it many times…

  • Shame on that journalist who took these pics!!!
    Seriously this is not journalism…
    Yes u can post her hot photoshoots etc. but this one was a meek effort by that journalist.

  • so what deepika u can wear this kind of outfits but they dnt have right to write about it. are u a girl who knows and respect what is indian culture. this is publicity stunt of deepika. if she is shy i support her but i have seen her ram/raas leela.

  • Shame on TOI and these people talk abt women empowerment.
    Deepika took right step otherwise some other actress could be victim for next.

  • I think we shouldn’t make a big fuss out of it. It is not the first time, media has done it with many actors/actresses in past. I do agree that they cross the line sometimes.

  • Hahaha.Poor deepika. If you celebrities I may call women were giving sexy and hot photoshoots for magazines covers, wore bikini and 2piece for money and modeling.That’s fare as you got money for the same as you like people buys those magazine after seeing your hot cover page on that.We on internet seeing largely those headlines on websites, hot photos by deepika,shridhha,sonam etc for a popular magazine, even Indicine published this kind of article mentioning Deepika’s cleavage revealing picture for the magazine. I don’t think there is anything bad, its just a way to be in limelight for finding fanny or Hny, yes a leading paper shouldn’t do that by tweeting but its not unusual and not happen with even Deepika first time.
    Jab films me hot scene/kiss scenes dene ho then they don’t bother to dropping clothes as they think its their work and its strictly their right but these stuff certainly made your opinions in the perspective in fans the same way which give chance to media to write these non-sense for their bread.

  • Deepika deserves apology and we also want our king to support her and tweet something about this instead of his other useless tweets

  • See what deepika wears…does not wear…..her choice but printing that with the heading ‘omg!! deepika’s cleavage show’ and that too by taking those pics/video with a wired angle…
    And atop of that you remove that thing due to public outcry but now tweet a further disgraceful statement…this is sick…

    And hats off to the people who think this is a publicity stunt for her next movie…..you people are more sick minded than the toi itself…

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