Bollywood celebrities slam 'shameful and disgusting' perfume ad

Several Bollywood celebrities have condemned the misogynistic advertisement of a perfume brand which sparked national outrage and was later banned by the governmentSlamming the advertisement Bollywood actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar tweeted What incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up approve and create these stinking body spray gang rape innuendo ads ShamefulWhat incredibly tasteless and twisted minds it must take to think up approve and create these stinking body spray lsquogang rapersquo innuendo ads Shamefulmdash Farhan Akhtar FarOutAkhtar June 4 2022Bollywood actor Richa Chadha also commented and said that the agency that made this ad needs to be sued for the filth theyre servingThis ad is not an accident To make an ad a brand goes through several layers of decision making Creatives script agency client castingDOES EVERYONE THINK RAPE IS A JOKE Revelatory This brand the agency that made this ad need to be sued for the filth theyre serving she tweetedThis ad is not an accident To make an ad a brand goes through several layers of decision making Creatives script agency client castinghellip DOES EVERYONE THINK RAPE IS A JOKE Revelatory This brand the agency that made this ad need to be sued for the filth theyrsquore serving httpstcoM3YjbljAYNmdash RichaChadha RichaChadha June 4 2022On Richa Chadhas tweet Priyanka Chopra wrote Shameful and disgusting How many levels of clearance did it take for this commercial to be green lit How many people thought this was ok Im so glad that it was called out and the ministry has taken it down AppallingShameful and disgusting How many levels of clearances did it take for this commercial to be green lit How many people thought this was ok Irsquom so glad that it was called out and now the ministry has taken it down Appallingmdash PRIYANKA priyankachopra June 4 2022The advertisement for the perfume brand shows four men in a convenience store standing behind a woman The men are then heard saying there are four of us but theres only one who will get a shot It then shows the visibly shocked woman turning to them uncomfortably when one of them went to grab a single bottle of Shot perfume kept on a rackAfter the outrage the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered the suspension of the controversial perfume ads Within hours of coming to the notice the IampB ministry came into action and suspended the advertisement Now an inquiry has been as per the advertising codeAlso Read Caught offguard Fans speculate Don 3 in the making as Ritesh Sidhwani captures a busy Farhan AkhtarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever