‘Will I Be Called Sanghi For Wearing Saree?’ Raveena Asks Twitter

The 90s actress, ‘Ravishing’ Raveena Tandon posted a picture of her in a beautiful peach and grey saree and her tweet to go with the picture left tweeple fuming.

A sareee day... will I be termed communal, sanghi, bhakt, hindutva icon? if I say I love wearing the saree and I think it’s the most elegant 😔🙏🏻.

Raveena Tandon

A sareee day ... will I be termed communal,Sanghi,bhakt,hindutva icon?if I say I love wearing the saree and I think it's the most elegant😔🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/3ZYDJcyKJk

— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) June 10, 2017

Needless to say, thousands reacted to her tweet calling her an ‘attention seeker’.

Unnecessary politicisation of a piece of clothing & false sense of victimhood. A lot of women, inc me, wear sarees & are not termed anything https://t.co/p5K6gBnj2B

— Ruhi Tewari (@RuhiTewari) June 10, 2017

I mostly wear sarees, nobody has ever called me names because of it!Nor handed over an ideological cap!Wear it n enjoy the fabric!That's all https://t.co/cdaAA4U6fp

— Nistula Hebbar (@nistula) June 10, 2017

The trolling prompted Raveena to tweet saying that it “was never intended to hurt anyone”.

True. My this saree comment came keeping that trolling in mind. Was never intended to hurt anyone . https://t.co/eiBc6wR8HO

— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) June 10, 2017

However, it went on.

Actually the sari is a symbol for all Indians, it's beautiful. Keep your narrow minded politics out of it https://t.co/itN6QCUfJR

— Nidhi Razdan (@RazdanNidhi) June 10, 2017

You will certainly be titled, judged & labeled but as a fashion icon who has only gotten better with age. You look amazing 😉

— Monica Jasuja (@jasuja) June 10, 2017

A shirt day ,will I be termed mulla , Katua or muslim icon? If I say I love wearing formal green shirts and I think it's the most elegant 😥🙏 pic.twitter.com/pdWLoiIX9W

— Roshan Rai (@Roshan_Kr_Rai) June 10, 2017