LAHORE- Osman Khalid Butt is one man in the entertainment industry who isn’t afraid to raise his voice against sexism and harassment – and he’s done it again.
A social media user tagged actress Mehwish Hayat in a tweet and unnecessarily bashed her for her latest dance number ‘Gangster Guriya’ in the upcoming film Baaji.
https://twitter.com/ItsHarriss/status/1141625495785750528
The ever-outspoken actor, Osman Khalid Butt, retweeted the comment and defended Mehwish for being disparaged by the “social media influencer.”
Osman defended Mehwish saying, “This is the language used by a ‘social media influencer’ for a contemporary actress while criticizing her performance in a dance number. He has the nerve to bring religion into the mix. Pehlay apni zabaan saaf karen phir deen ka dars dijiye.”
https://twitter.com/aClockworkObi/status/1141758197084110854
When the social media user began deleting tweets OKB posted screenshots, saying he had receipts. Savage!
https://twitter.com/aClockworkObi/status/1141762695831674881
Osman Khalid Butt continued: “Please. It’s not too much to ask that you be civil in your criticism. No one is taking away your freedom of speech or your right to call out something you feel strongly against. But that doesn’t give you the right to tag someone and hurl obscenities & vicious abuse their way.”
https://twitter.com/aClockworkObi/status/1141779249042546688
Osman Khalid Butt is one of the very few people in the industry who defend women against any injustice that they are subjected to;he was one of the few people to speak up after popstar Meesha Shafi accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment.
Looks like he’s trying to change the system from within, and we can’t thank him enough for that!
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