"Kindly Shut Up": Fans Roast Nawazuddin Siddiqui For Depression Is "Chhota Emotion" Remark
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is facing the wrath of fans after he said that "depression is an urban concept".
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is currently awaiting the release of his new Hindi movie titled 'Jogira Sara Ra Ra' which also stars Neha Sharma. However, ahead of the release, the 'Gangs of Wasseypur' actor is making news for all the wrong reasons. In an interview with Mashable India, the actor gave his take on mental health issues, and at one point, he even said that "depression is an urban concept."
Speaking to Mashable India, the actor said: "I come from a place where, if I would tell my father that I am feeling depressed, he would give me one tight slap. Depression wahan (village) nahi tha, kisi ko bhi nahi hota wahan depression, sab khush hai."
"Ye shehron me aake hoti hai, yahan par har aadmi apne chhote emotions ko bhi bahut glorify karta hai. If you ask a labourer, or someone who is sleeping on the footpath, then what is depression? When it rains, they dance even then, usko depression nahi pata hota. Jab aapke pass paisa aa jata hai toh iss tareeke ki beemariyan aati jaati hai," he added.
However, these comments of Nawazuddin Siddiqui have not gone done well with the netizens and there are plenty of reactions on social media.
Here are some of the reactions:
Dritharashtra & Gandhari syndrome. I immensely respect the man for his craft but I’d not take him seriously on this issue.
— “SuperGullu” (@gulshandevaiah) May 24, 2023
If you even just look at alcoholism or addictions, they exist in rural communities and that’s mental illness. No addict indulges in addiction because they… https://t.co/msnc9FJW2o
Nawaz Siddiqui should kindly shut up. And go back to making money. https://t.co/ND8Uk26AIT
— Soumitra Pathare 🌻 সৌমিত্র சௌமித்ரா பாடாரே (@netshrink) May 21, 2023
If only a slap could do it, i be asking for them every single day. https://t.co/3opvfbnmKK
— Varun (@scalarvector0) May 21, 2023
ask him the meaning of depression at the first place? i bet he doesn't know.
— csk 💛 (@teri_galliyaan2) May 21, 2023
then ask him to explain the reason behind all the suic!dal case of farmers. https://t.co/aHiyHHeeX7
Nawaz is very bad at giving interviews man not just this statement heard many more like this. https://t.co/78cK48tFep
— Tamasha (@whysodumbasss) May 21, 2023
Nawazuddin Siddiqui shld not speak.
— Ashima Sharda (@ShardaAshima) May 22, 2023
He knows nothing. https://t.co/mFcrAcMn7w
Some people should just stick to their job; herein say the dialogues effectively written by good writers.@Nawazuddin_S https://t.co/o1TcHFFbIO
— Miloni Makwana (@miloni_makwana) May 21, 2023
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not the first celebrity to talk about mental health issues in this manner. Earlier, India's World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev had said that he cannot understand "American words like depression and pressure."
As per the World Health Organisation (WHO) data, nearly 280 million people around the world have depression, reported Times Now.
75 per cent of people in low and middle-income countries don't receive treatment for mental disorders due to insufficient funding of mental health care, stated the same WHO report.
