Apparently, Shraddha Kapoor’s photograph as part of Dabboo Ratnani’s 2019 calendar has been criticised for ‘cultural appropriation’. The picture shows the actor wearing mock Native American headgear.
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Soon after Shraddha posted the pic on her Instagram page, several people on left critical comments on Shraddha’s picture, which was also re-shared by the Diet Sabya page. “How many time does this exact same thing have to happen for people to learn tho? If you’re in the industry and you don’t know about all the massive controversies over using Native headdresses as fashion, then sorry, you should find another job,” one person wrote. “I hope you realise this is cultural appropriation,” wrote another. “This is disgusting. You should remove this picture and apologise. Educate yourself and the rest of Bollywood.”
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But now Dabboo Ratnani’s wife, Manisha, has responded to the controversy.
She told BollywoodLife, “We were not aware of this. The intention is never to hurt anyone whether it is from India or from abroad. I had no clue of the ‘cultural appropriation’ issue.”
On a related note, other stars to have shot for the calendar are Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Tiger Shroff, Sonakshi Sinha, Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Janhvi Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Sunny Leone, Farhan Akhtar and Kriti Sanon.
Shraddha Kapoor is currently shooting for ABCD 3 opposite Varun Dhawan, she has replaced Katrina Kaif in the movie.