Have some shame: Nawazuddin Siddiqui lambasts Bollywood

Siddiqui is the latest celebrity to have called out his peers for vacationing amid the country's battle with Covid

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the latest Indian celebrity to have called out his peers for vacationing amid the country's troublesome battle with the ongoing pandemic. Many Bollywood actors were lashed out at as they flew to exotic places to take some time off. 

While speaking to Bollywood Hungama, the actor said, “These entertainment celebrities posting vacation pictures at a time when the world is reeling under the worst recession. Logon ke paas khana nahin hai aur aap paise phenk rahe ho. Kuch toh sharam karo. (People don’t have food to eat and you are spending money like water. Have some shame.)”

 

 

 

 

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He further responded when asked if posting pictures was such an awful deed “But what else will they talk about? Acting? They will run out of steam in two minutes. In logon ne Maldives ko tamasaha bana rakha hai. I don’t know what their arrangement is with the tourism industry. But for the sake of humanity, please keep these vacations to yourself. There is suffering everywhere. The cases of Covid are multiplying. Have a heart. Please don’t taunt those who are suffering.”

The Sacred Games star believes that the lack of empathy comes from refraining to discuss serious topics. He commented, “As a community, we entertainers in India need to grow up.” Siddiqui was also asked if he plans on taking off any time soon. “No way. I am in my home town Budhana with my family. That’s my Maldives," he replied. 

India continues to battle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the number of cases across the country surged by a record daily rise of 349,691 on Sunday, for a total of 16.96 million cases, including 192,311 deaths, the health ministry said.

The country of 1.3 billion people is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warned in an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post. He said some 2,000 people were dying daily, but most experts estimated that the true number was five to 10 times that level.

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