Mumbai: Veteran actor Annu Kapoor has landed in a soup over his lewd ‘Dudhiya badan’ remarks about actress Tamannaah Bhatia during an interview with Shubhankar Mishra for his YouTube channel.
Talking about Tamannaah’s item number ‘Aaj Ki Raat’ and her claim that children fall asleep to her hit song, Anu said, “Mashallah kya dudhiya badan hai (Beautiful! She really has a milky body).”
“Kitne umar ke baache so jaate hain… 70 saal ke umar ka bhi bachcha ho sakta hai na, main hota toh puchta ke kitne umar ke so jaate hain. Angreezi mein bolte hain that he is 70 years old, woh 70 saal purana bacha hai… And he is 11-year-old budha (Kids of which age group fall sleep? A 70-year-old can also be a kid. I would have asked this question to her,)” Annu continued.
“Behen, apne gaane se, aapne shareer se, apne dudhiya chehre se humare bacchun ko sulti hain… Bahut achi baat hai.. Desh ke upar kripa hogi agar humare desk ke bacch achi aur swasthya neend soyein. Agar aur bhi kuch ichain hain toh bhagwan unko samarth karre ke unki ichchan puri hun (Madam is making kids fall asleep with her song, her milky face and body…if the children of our country are having a sound sleep because of her, then it’s a good thing… It will be a great blessing for our country that our children get a good and healthy night’s sleep. If she has any other wishes, may God give her the capability to fulfil her wishes. That’s my blessing for her),” the 69-year-old actor said.
Annu’s ‘dudhiyan badan’ observation didn’t go down well with many and the veteran faced a backlash on social media, as users found it to be ‘lewd and vulgar.’
One person wrote, “Please be respectful. Don’t you have a daughter or grandchildren”.
Another simply said, “Omg”.
One user mentioned, “Wth! This man gives tharki vibes (This man gives creepy vibes).”
“Ashleel hai ye (he is vulgar),” remarked one netizen, as another wrote, “What kind of language is that?”
“Apni beti ko bhi aisee hi bologe (Will you say this to your own daughter),” questioned one person.
Someone advised him, “Control annu sahab control.”
Earlier this year, during the promotions of ‘Odela 2’, when Tamannaah was questioned over her casting in a supernatural thriller despite being labelled as ‘Milky beauty’, she said, “You are saying milky beauty but why you looked at a milky beauty and thought that she can’t be a Shiva Shakti? Your question has the answer in it. He (Ashok Teja) does not look at milky beauty that is to be ashamed of or feel bad about. Glamour in a woman is to be celebrated, and we women must celebrate ourselves. Then we can expect other people to celebrate us. But if we look at ourselves in a certain way then nobody can respect us.”
Tamannaah added, “Here we have a wonderful gentleman [Ashok Teja] who does not look at women like that. He looks at women like divine. Divine can be glamorous, lethal, powerful. A woman can be many, many things.”