‘Drugged’ pictures of Deepika, Ranbir among others create a stir

It’s a well-known fact that Karan Johar’s hosts the wildest parties in Bollywood. Also that the industry’s who’s who is part of those. Pictures and videos from the parties often go viral on social media as fans and followers love to watch candid moments of their favourite celebs.

When Karan uploaded a video from the previous weekend’s party on Instagram, he may not have imagined the furore it would cause.

Featuring several celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Vicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan and Shahid Kapoor, the video captioned “Saturday night vibes” has Johar showing the Bollywood actors in conversation with each other or laughing at the camera.

The clip, which has been viewed 2 million times, was widely-circulated and caught the attention of an MLA, Manjinder S. Sirsa who criticised it and accused the actors of abusing drugs. He even threw in a Bollywood reference by naming Shahid Kapoor’s film Udta Punjab in this tweet. The film was based on drug abuse in India.

#UDTABollywood – Fiction Vs Reality

Watch how the high and mighty of Bollywood proudly flaunt their drugged state!!

I raise my voice against #DrugAbuse by these stars. RT if you too feel disgusted @shahidkapoor @deepikapadukone @arjunk26 @Varun_dvn @karanjohar @vickykaushal09 pic.twitter.com/aBiRxwgQx9

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (मोदी का परिवार) (@mssirsa) July 30, 2019

The actors are yet to respond, but another politician Milind Deora has tweeted in support of the celebs saying that his wife was also present that evening and that nobody was in a ‘drugged state.’

My wife was also present that evening (and is in the video). Nobody was in a “drugged state” so stop spreading lies & defaming people you don’t know!

I hope you will show the courage to tender an unconditional apology https://t.co/Qv6FY3wNRk

— Milind Deora | मिलिंद देवरा ☮️ (@milinddeora) July 30, 2019