Janhvi Kapoor faces wrath of protesting farmers, actress forced to offer support on Instagram

Actor Janhvi Kapoor is set to headline Anand L Rai’s upcoming production venture Good Luck Jerry. The actress was recently in Punjab shooting for the film with the other members of the crew at the Bassi Pathana in Punjab when they were disrupted by a group of farmers, who surrounded the crew and shouted slogans against them. They told the crew that they’d allow the shoot only if they wrote in favour of the farmers as per a Republic TV report. As per ANI, "Farmer groups gathered outside the venue in Bassi Pathana city of Fatehgarh Sahib, where shooting for a film, starring Janhvi Kapoor was going on Jan 11. They demanded her opinion on farmers' protest against farm laws. They later went back upon being assurance by the crew."

 

Punjab: Farmer groups gathered outside the venue in Bassi Pathana city of Fatehgarh Sahib, where shooting for a film, starring Janhvi Kapoor was going on Jan 11. They demanded her opinion on farmers' protest against farm laws. They later went back upon being assurance by the crew pic.twitter.com/4Ra7iYaace

— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2021

They'd told the workers & Director that Bollywood actors have neither said anything in support of farmers protest nor made any comment. When Director assured them that Janhvi Kapoor will make a comment on the protest then they went back. The shoot is going on: SHO Balwinder Singh https://t.co/ppnNJP75v6pic.twitter.com/BKptwlV78w

— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2021

The SHO Balwinder Singh told ANI, "They'd told the workers & Director that Bollywood actors have neither said anything in support of farmers protest nor made any comment. When Director assured them that Janhvi Kapoor will make a comment on the protest then they went back. Reportedly, the crew and the cast had agreed to the demands of the farmers and penned their support on social media. Post this, as per the report, the farmers left and the shoot of Janhvi's film resumed. To note, it was on Sunday that Janhvi had penned a note on her Instagram stories in support of the farmers. The Dhadak actress wrote, “Farmers are at the heart of our country. I recognise and value the role that they play in feeding our nation. I hope a resolution is reached soon that benefits the farmers. ”Meanwhile, recently the still of the film was shared on social media by the actress. It featured her as a Punjabi girl in a Salwar Kameez. The film is helmed by Siddharth Sen and written by Pankaj Mehta.