“Why account of @ashokepandit is suspended right before the release of his movie #72Hoorain ?

@Twitter Pls restore the handle immediately (sic)”, Mishra said,

Why account of @ashokepandit is suspended right before the release of his movie #72Hoorain ? @Twitter

Pls restore the handle immediately pic.twitter.com/OFfvlV5kNt

— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) June 14, 2023

Even TV reporter Amish Devgan tweeted, “Unfortunate right to freedom curbed  @Twitter suspended account filmmaker  @ashokepandit”

Unfortunate right to freedom curbed @Twitter suspended account film maker @ashokepandit . pic.twitter.com/JfxHeblZ1m

— Amish Devgan (@AMISHDEVGAN) June 14, 2023

The tweet that landed Ashoke Pandit in trouble was him issuing a death threat to former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Although the threat was aimed at Rajan, the twitter account does not belong to Rajan, but is a parody account.

Here’s a screenshot of the tweet that led to his account suspension:

The said tweet was reported by Team Saath (Stand Against Abuse Troll Harassment) on Twitter and brought it to the notice of Twitter.

Dear @Twitter,@Ashokepandit is issuing a de*th threat to @ArunSFan in full public view. This calls for an immediate suspension of his account as per your rules.

cc: @elonmusk @TwitterSafety https://t.co/kVWKd3KF8c

— Team Saath Official (@TeamSaath) June 13, 2023

Soon after, Pandit’s  Twitter account was suspended.

Thank you @Twitter for suspending the account of @ashokepandit . It was long overdue.#TeamSAATH https://t.co/iq6lhZVqlY pic.twitter.com/7F9sCM22cE

— Team Saath Official (@TeamSaath) June 14, 2023

About his new film

The teaser of ’72 Hoorain’ was released on June 4, 2023. The first clip of the teaser begins with the voiceover which says, “Tumne jo Jihaad ka raasta chuna hai, wo tumko seedha Jannat me leke jayega, kunwari, anchhui hui, tumhari hongi humesha k liye. (The path of Jihaad that you have chosen, will lead you to heaven, where 72 virgin girls will be yours forever.)”

Visuals of Osama Bin Laden, Ajmal Kasab, Yakub Memon, Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar are also showcased in the teaser video. The director has said in one of his statements that, “The slow poisoning of the mind by perpetrators turns ordinary individuals into suicide bombers. Let us remember that even the bombers themselves, with families like ours, have fallen victim to the twisted beliefs and brainwashing of terrorist leaders. Trapped within the deadly illusion (and lure) of 72 virgins awaiting them in heaven, they embark on a path of wilful destruction, ultimately meeting a gruesome fate,” reports Zee News. Co-producer Ashoke Pandit opined, “The movie will definitely make you ponder certain beliefs prevailing in the society and how they are a mere figment of imagination. It will make you think about the concepts and ideologies that are not even close to reality in any way, and how they are merely used to brainwash people to mould them into terrorists in the name of jihad.”

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Pandit, known for his his support for Hindutva ideology and bigotry, had posted a tweet in response to a tweet by the former JNU students’ union vice president, Shehla Rashid.

Pandit’s tweet had said, “It’s better to be a Sanghi than sleeping around with terrorists and raising #antiIndia slogans in JNU.#ProudSanghi.”

His tweet was in response to a social media post by Rashid, who questioned the Censor Board’s decision not to certify a women oriented film, Lipstick Under My Burkha.

Rashid, who had tagged the Censor Board chief, Pahlaj Nihalani and Pandit in her tweet, had written, “CBFC banned a movie because it was too “lady-oriented”

 CBFC is staffed by Sanghi idiots like (sic)”

Leading the group of women who condemned Pandit for his obnoxious tweet was actor and famous TV host, Simi Grewal.

Grewal wrote, “Such a shameful & disgusting comment. Has he no conscience? If the law can’t punish men like him. God surely will..”

Grewal was joined by several other women who agreed with her in condemnation for the ‘proud sanghi’ filmmaker.

And those condemning Pandit also reportedly included his daughter, Shaarika Pandit, who wrote,

Since Shaarika has her Twitter account protected, we could not verify whether her tweet in the screenshot above was indeed posted by her. Shaarika had account open until Tuesday morning, but after the above screenshot went viral, she decided to protect her account.

Pandit, who claims to be a Bollywood director but has no tangible works to substantiate his credentials, had, last year, resorted to foul language and insinuation against a Congress’ lady spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.

Pandit, known for yelling and aggressive behaviour on live TV, had told Chaturvedi, “I don’t need a certificate from such third rated spokesperson because we know how these people have climbed ranks in their party.”

His angry reaction was in response to Chaturvedi’s allegation that he had merely used the plight of displaced Kashmiri Pandits to further his political and professional ambitions.

The Censor Board had last month refused to certify Prakash Jha’s Lipstick Under My Burkha starring Konkona Sensharma and Ratna Pathak Shah.

Listing the reasons for denial of certificate, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in a letter, posted by Bollywood celebrities online, wrote, “The story is lady oriented, their fantasy above life. There are contanious sexual scenes, abusive words, audio pornography and a bit sensitive touch about one particular section of society, hence film refused under guidelines (sic).”
 

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