The third season of the live singing-based reality show, Rising Star kickstarted a few weeks back. The show is hosted by Aditya Narayan and judged by Shankar Mahadevan, Diljit Dosanjh and Neeti Mohan. Due to the recent episode aired over the weekend, the reality show likely to face some controversy. In the wake of #MeToo movement in India, netizens feel that the judges might have taken sexual harassment lightly and as a prank. This hasn't gone down well with many.
It so happened that two contestants used words such as 'kadak and Raapchik in a laal saree' to describe Neeti. After hearing this, Neeti ranted against them that they shouldn't forget where they are standing and they were wrong in using cheap language. The singer stated, "I am representing all the girls here and I don't allow this. No one can talk to me, or any girl like this in this country or any country. We three judges don't approve this, the show doesn't approve this, the channel doesn't approve this was of talking."
However, when she saw both the contestants shaking in fear after she threatened to disqualify them, Neeti burst into laugh along with Shankar and Diljit. They, later on, revealed it was a prank on the contestants, who then went on to perform and even touch Neeti's feet.
Until Neeti stood up for herself people applauded her, but when she called it as a 'prank', Twitterati lost it and called out the judges. Gender equality activist, Kirthi Jayakumar and Chinmayi Sirpaada tweeted about it in a thread.
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We have to wait and see where this leads now!
