Actor-turned-politician and BJP chief Rudranil Ghosh on Thursday criticised the West Bengal Police for utilizing his picture to unfold an anti-drug consciousness message on social media.
Ghosh, who was beforehand with the TMC, pointed at social media posts together with his {photograph} from a Bengali film ‘Vinci Da’. After the actor expressed his displeasure over using his picture, the police deleted the submit.
That individual picture of Ghosh from the film the place he says “Dhorte Parben Na” (you’ll fail to understand) was extensively utilized in making memes on social media. ‘Vinci Da’ is a 2019 Bengali psychological thriller directed by Srijit Mukherji the place Ghosh performs the function of a prosthetics maker named after Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
On this explicit social media submit with the {photograph} of the actor, the West Bengal Police wrote, “Don’t get ‘caught’ in habit. Maintain your self away from habit and assist others keep away as effectively.” The state police additionally
used hashtags reminiscent of #saynotodrugs #antidrugawareness and #vincida.
Taking a dig on the police, Ghosh mentioned, “I used to be shocked and in addition amused to see the state police have been utilizing my {photograph} to unfold anti-drug consciousness message. They’ve used my well-liked dialogue ‘dhorte parben na’ from the film Vinci Da to advantage the eye of the individuals. However this could not occur, as a result of in a state authorities commercial marketing campaign solely artists and intellectuals having shut ties with the ruling get together get featured. Then how come I obtained featured?”
