Katrina Kaif issues clarification after Netizens slam Rohit Shetty for his 'sexist comment' on her, says 'he has been entirely misunderstood'

By Rashita Sahni

on March 09, 2020

This morning filmmaker Rohit Shetty received backlash on Twitter for making a comment on his Sooryavanshi heroine Katrina Kaif. According to a media report, Rohit had said that no one will look at Katrina on-screen when actors Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh will be together. As expected, the statement did not go down well with Katrina's fans, who trended 'Shame on You Rohit Shetty' on social media.

For the unversed, in an interview for Sooryavanshi, Rohit was recently asked "Which actor does he focus on while looking at the monitor?", to which he quipped, "You have to watch the take thrice. The scene with the blast has Katrina (Kaif) too. If you look closely, she is blinking (during it). After the fourth take, she came to me and asked: Can we take one more? And I said, ‘Katrina, I will tell you honestly, no one is going to look at you.’ She got so wild. She said, ‘how could you tell me this?’ and I said: Three guys are walking with blasts happening behind, nobody will notice you. And I kept that shot. In the promo, she blinks while walking. But kaun dekhega?"

The statement, which was taken out of context and portrayed in a wrong manner and of course, this did not go down well with Katrina. The actress publicly issued a note on her Instagram story which read, "Dear Friends and Well-wishers... I normally do not comment on media reports or articles... But in this case, I feel a comment made by Rohit Sir, has been taken out of context and is been entirely misunderstood... I am referring to the comment as reported that Rohit Shetty said "No one would look at me in the frame, as there are three boys there and a blast happening", this is not what was said. I mentioned that I had blinked in the shot, and Rohit Sir said, there are four people together in the frame and a bomb blast happening, no one will notice you BLINKING. Even inspite of that, we still did one more take I share a very warm equation and friendship with Rohit Sir and have always enjoyed our discussions on everything from Cinema to my character and more importantly, he has always been there as a friend for me. This has been taken entirely taken out of context... Hope you all have a great day."