A row on social media has started after pictures of Amitabh Bachchan dressed as a Sikh army man surfaced. Amitabh Bachchan has been accused by 1984 victims of saying “Khoon Ka Badla Khoon” on Doordarshan to which Amitabh Bachchan has denied. He was summoned to the Akal Takht on the matter and at the time the acting Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh gave him a clean chit.
However, people were fuming to see him in a Sikh turban and posted many angry comments.
He Was quoted with Zee Media Stating:
“Mr. Bachchan told me that every time he gets to play a Sikh character, he remembers his mother, Teji Bachchan. His mother was Sikh and representative of the robust Punjabi culture. Image source: IANS
“He feels that both his mother and his grand father would have been very proud to see him play a Sikh army man.”
Many on social media expressed their outrage: