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

  • First time I agree with Anand original she’s making a bit issue of nothing… This is not the first time when toi or media has reported about cleavage of heroins but I have to clear this HNY is one and a half month away and fanny has just released so this might be for generating buzz for fanny… If she has problems of her cleavage pics shown then why wear dresses like thus in public where hundreds of camera click your picture

  • @sky
    But these photoshoots are posted with the actress knowing about this..whats wrong if they wanted a hot magazine cover and she exposes a bit in her knowledge??
    But this one was a cheap effort taking out pics from awkward angles and posing them…

  • Why the double standards. Deepika took a dig at Katrina regarding the “bikini” issue. Life always goes full circle. Katrina handled the matter is a very classy way.

  • Well i am a fan of her but this time i think she is making a useless issue…
    I mean if she really wants to get respect, then why does she wears Bikini in Cocktail movie, kisses Saif, Ranbir, Arjun and even does sex scenes with Arjun in Finding Fanny…
    She is on the top of her career so what was the reason to do a film like Finding Fanny having Kiss+Sex scene…
    If she really wants to have a good image and thought about so then why she did that in a movie which clearly isn’t going to be a super-hit even in the current scenario…
    If she continues doing these type of cheap acts, then i’m sorry to say that she has to accept these type of news, articles etc…

  • people asking why is everyone protesting this time and not when in a movie or a video or a song. the fact is that the picture in question was from an event where the person in question was not behaving in any revealing way. if this was a photoshoot at the pool, the beach, in a bikini, the person would not have protested but this is being protested now because of the Camera angle in which the picture has been taken just so a story could be made about a woman’s body. this is what the issue is about not only for this actress but for all the actresses be it alia, recently where camera angles are positioned directly over actresses.

  • Neither TOI is right nor Deepika….It is not new that – TOI always covers this kind of topics. It should improve its standards. On other hand -Deepika, as if she is watching her photo for first time in e-papers. There were about 30-40 photos of her in e-papers where she was not dressed up well. Why to cry only on his one…

    However if not late, she should continue monitoring the e-papers to ensure that she not only fights for herself but also for others….it will be a good start…so that media can restrain from posting such pictures….

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