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It's insensitive: Neeraj Ghaywan on Zomato's ad of Lagaan's Kachra
short by Kameshwari / on Thursday, 8 June, 2023
Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan reacted to the now-deleted advertisement of Zomato, which saw Aditya Lakhia reprising his role of Kachra from 'Lagaan'. "Such depiction inadvertently normalises casteism...It is even more insensitive in using this character to make a 'funny' commercial...It ends up being tone-deaf," Ghaywan shared. "Never thought that [the ad] would be taken as insensitive," Lakhia said.
read more at Hindustan Times