Off The Cuff with Ranveer Singh

This edition of ‘Off The Cuff’ saw actor Ranveer Singh speaking about the protests over his recent release Padmaavat, and why he had kept mum throughout the controversy. Singh said the protests and attack on the film’s director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, had enraged him, but he had been asked by friends and the film’s producers not to say or do anything, because it could make things worse.

Singh also batted for the scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality, and said he had no apprehensions playing the bisexual Alauddin Khilji. “I am a very liberal-minded person and think Section 377 should be scrapped,” he told ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Contributing Editor Mahrukh Inayet.

The event was held in Mumbai on 13 February 2018.

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From left: Ranveer Singh, actor; Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, ThePrint; Mahrukh Inayet, Contributing Editor, ThePrint

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From left: Shekhar Gupta; Ranveer Singh

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Ranveer Singh meets with fans

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From left: Prahlad Kakkar, ad filmmaker; Ranveer Singh

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Ranveer Singh

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A young fan, Naysa Shah, asks a question

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Gunit Chadha, founder, APAC Financial Services

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Chhaya Momaya, life coach (L)

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A full house

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Ranveer Singh

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From left: Ishan Raina, CEO, Out Of Home Media; Nisha Jamvwal, lifestyle columnist

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Aarti Surendranath, MD, Kailash Picture Co.

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From Left: Ranveer Singh; Nidhi Chapekar, former Jet Airways flight attendant

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From left: Ranveer Singh; Mahrukh Inayet; Shekhar Gupta

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From left: Ranveer Singh; Mahrukh Inayet; Shekhar Gupta

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From left: Ami Shah; Hema Ahuja; Ranveer Singh

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Ranveer Singh with ThePrint team

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Ranveer Singh with his fans

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Fans take selfies with Ranveer Singh

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From left: Vishal Sharma, local director & senior VP, Markets West India head, JLL; Prahlad Kakkar

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From left: Dilip Mehta, owner, Pegasus Shipping; Manisha Kelkar, actor

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From left: Yatin Shah, co-founder & executive director, IIFL Wealth Management; Chetan Bhagat, author; Shekhar Gupta

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From left: Mahrukh Inayet; Vishal Sharma; Kitty Koo, VP Pacific Region, NY Film Academy

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