About 52,000 members of the powerful Film Studio Setting & Allied Mazdoor Union have decided to boycott Ram Gopal Varma to protest against his sexist tweet mentioning actress Sunny Leone on the International Women’s Day.
Known for his bold and sensational tweets, Ram Gopal Varma grabbed the limelight after his tweet disrespected every woman in the world, especially Jism 2 fame actress Sunny Leone.
Bhoot fame director Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter to post a sexist tweet targeting Sunny Leone. The director wrote: “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives.”
Besides this, Varma also tweeted: “Is there no Men’s Day because all days in the year belong to only men and the women were given just only one day.”
“Women’s Day should be called Men’s Day because men celebrate women much more than women celebrate women,” he added.
Through his tweet, Varma further demanded that women should give men “some” freedom. “I don’t know what men should be doing to women that day but I wish one day in year is celebrated as Men’s Women’s Day,” he said.
Here are some of his tweets:
I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
Women on atleast #MensDay should not nag or scream and atleast give some freedom to men
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
With his recent tweet, the filmmaker got landed in legal trouble as a Goa-based women’s branch of Hindu group, Hindu Janajagruti filed a police complaint against him.
On the career front, Vaerma is gearing up for the release of Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Sarkar 3.
