Urfi Javed Replies To Mukesh Khanna For His Recent Sexist Remark Against Women

After making remarks equating every woman who initiates talk about sex to “sex workers,” veteran actor Mukesh Khanna found himself in the middle of a controversy on Wednesday.

Since then, he is receiving a lot of criticism both online and offline. Many celebrities also raised their voice against this statement and among them is actress and model, Urfi Javed.

The actress who gained popularity during her brief appearance on Bigg Boss OTT was the first participant to be evicted off from the program. The actress has been involved in a number of disputes since her eviction, largely as a result of her distinctive fashion choices. She routinely shared her bold photos on social media, which garnered her media attention.

Because of this, she also draws a lot of love and hatred at the same time. Lots of people are also accusing her of spreading nudity openly. But most of the time, she faced trolls bravely.

Mukesh Khanna stirred controversy because of his indecent remark against women

Khanna, who is most known for her roles as the superhero “Shaktimaan” and Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra’s “Mahabharat,” claimed that a female from a “civilized society” would never strike up a sexual discussion on her own.

In a recent video that was uploaded to his Bheeshm International YouTube page, the 64-year-old actor stated,

Koi bhi ladki agar kisi ladke ko kahe ‘I want to have sex with you’, wo ladki, ladki nahi hai, wo dhanda kar rahi hai

It implies that a woman who approaches a boy and asks for sex is not a girl but rather a sex worker. According to him, a nice girl from a civilized society wouldn’t say something like that.

As the video gained attention, Mukesh Khanna received vicious criticism from both genders. However, after seeing the entire video titled “Kya aapko bhi aisi ladkiya lubhati hain?” (Do such girls lure you as well), some online users backed him.

Let me tell you that in the video, Mukesh discussed how some unknown ladies pursue guys on social media and make sex offers to them. He attempted to raise awareness among males with his video. However, his specific words caused the video to backfire.

Urfi Javed slams Mukesh Khanna for his degrading statement

The actress responded to Mukesh Khanna’s derogatory remarks and attacked him. She shared a photo from the social networking page, bebadass.in on her Instagram story recently. The post on her story read,

The fact remains that he did say “that any woman who approaches a man for sex is a prostitute” and that girls belonging to civilized society would never approach men for sex. He did say it, no matter what the context!

She added,

Over the years people and lawmakers have gone back and forth about sex work. But when it is the livelihood of a person, comments like his can further lead to stigma and criminalization, striping a person of their means of living.

Urfi called Mukesh Khanna “a problematic man”

Urfi published another post on Instagram with which she labeled Mukesh Khanna “a problematic man” who supposedly publishes Islamophobic and sexist material. She captioned the story,

Shaktiman yar !

What Mukesh Khanna has to say about this controversy

Following the backlash, Khanna clarified that his intention was to get the young aware of the sex racket and that he was not commenting on typical man-woman relationships. Supporting his claims, he said,

I also get messages from girls, where they say they want to chat with me and they ask for nude photos. We don’t know whether it is actually a woman or a man. I also get messages, I do not reply to them. Some people who I know too have received messages from girls, who have their own channels.

For his alleged derogatory and sexist statements towards women, Khanna was the subject of a notification from the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) to the Delhi Police Cyber Cell.