Choreographer Geeta Kapur is “majorly upset” concerning the current controversy round her co-judges — Terence Lewis and Nora Fatehi — on actuality present India’s Greatest Dancers, and has determined to close herself off social media. A video claiming that Lewis touched Fatehi inappropriately has gone viral on-line.
Whereas Lewis took to social media to share a narrative of a Zen grasp and his disciples to clear his stance, Fatehi replied to him and wrote, “Thanks Terrence! In immediately’s time of social media video morphing and photoshop results for meme functions…”
Ask Geeta about this video, and he or she tells us, “That is the explanation why I wish to steer clear of social media. Folks sit of their houses they usually say something. Within the cloak of invisibility these folks get a number of energy. And within the discount they don’t perceive how many individuals they defame.”
Actor Nora Fatehi and choreographer Terence Lewis in a screengrab from the controversial video.
Kapur provides that individuals who do such issues for “enjoyable” ought to perceive how they should be affecting these on the receiving finish.
“I do know Terence for therefore a few years, I can’t even think about him doing one thing like this at the same time as a joke. And what all folks had instructed him. Nora is such a candy and exhausting working woman. She obtained to listen to issues like, ‘Arrey isko to iss sabki aadat hai, toh really feel nahi hua hoga’. All of the love and respect that they’ve earned for therefore a few years means nothing. One nonsense video means greater than that,” she rues.
One other factor that has harm Kapur is how those that are in any other case vocal about feminism within the business, didn’t utter a phrase in help of Fatehi when she was being mercilessly trolled.
“They need to have stood up, I really feel. I’ve seen how this incident affected these two. Lately, whereas capturing, Terence was awkward even whereas speaking to me. Even Nora was disturbed. I needed to sit them down and clarify that they’re shedding psychological peace over one thing that’s not even true,” shares Kapur.
Not new to trolls, Kapur recollects her experiences of being physique shamed and referred to as names. “I put my regular pictures of what I’m carrying for the day’s shoot and a few folks would randomly write, ‘Kya maal lag rahi hai’ and all that. Who talks like this? I had posted a video with Terence, we had been choreographing one thing and I used to be fats shamed. There’s this troll who says worst issues to me, my supervisor and even my mom. He implicates us a in a unclean sexual approach and retains on altering his accounts,” she retorts.
Kapur says such experiences made her resolve to steer clear of social media.
“We’re giving these folks the chance to troll us. So I’ll in all probability signal out after just a few days and log in every time I’ve knowledgeable dedication. Social media hasn’t made me, aur social media mujhe woh nahi bana sakta jo important banna chahti hoon. I don’t purchase pretend likes and showcase my follower rely to get work which appears to be a standards lately,” she ends.
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