People Criticised Big B’s Letter Calling It Patriarchal And Promotion For His New Film ‘Pink’

Amitabh Bachchan recently wrote a heartfelt letter to his granddaughters Aaradhya and Navya Naveli.

He read the letter in a video and the video went viral, amassing over 2 million hits in just a day.

T 2370 – I write a letter to my grand daughters, Navya Naveli & Aaradhya .. indeed to all grand daughters .. !! https://t.co/2WvixNLLYh

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 5, 2016

 

But there was a section of people on the Internet that called the whole things a sham and shameless promotion for his next movie – Pink.

To update you, Pink has strong women as central characters.

 

Some even called the letter regressive and patriarchal.

1.

#ABLetter explained: Drag your Bahu to temples, marry her off to a tree to correct Mangalik Dosh and then teach feminism to her daughters.

— Samar (@Samar_Anarya) September 5, 2016

 

2.

https://twitter.com/ShiriishKunder/status/772819690586505216

 

3.

https://twitter.com/PULKITKAUL1/status/772815145609236480

 

4.

In Amitabh Bachchan's honest letter to granddaughters, it's the paternal family that matters.

— Aparna (@chhuti_is) September 6, 2016

 

5.

#ABLetter His granddaughters only carrying legacy of their paternal great grand fathers 😂😂😂 Feminism lessons by @SrBachchan on #TeachersDay

— Neha Gupta (@nehaguptaphoto) September 5, 2016

 

6.

Nice patriarchy-tinged letter, Mr Bachchan. For starters, your granddaughters carry the legacy of their grandmothers too.

— Extremely Polite and Understated (@TheRestlessQuil) September 6, 2016

maybe you should have started by apologising for having your daughter in law marry a tree and then take it from there.

— Extremely Polite and Understated (@TheRestlessQuil) September 6, 2016

 

7.

If you thought that #AmitabhBachchan letter was sweet and moving, think again. We are disappointed. https://t.co/Im4hmpJuIh

— ZenParent (@ZenParent) September 6, 2016

 

8.

Don't understand why #AmitabhBachchan wrote a public letter to his Grandchildren to tell them not to care about the public. #ABLetter

— Harihar Goswami (@harihar_goswami) September 5, 2016

 

9.

https://twitter.com/lindsaypereira/status/772817742735011840

Twitter, Facebook, and the social media, in general, are very scrutinizing and unforgiving, even to a 73-year-old legend.

Was the letter a promotion for a movie? Or was it a sincere letter with patriarchal undertones?

Only Big B knows.

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