Never mean or brutal, always witty — that's director Shirish Kunder in 140 characters. And he exhibited just that quality when he responded to a troll who asked him about his children's religion
Shirish Kunder is 'Tees Maar Khan' for response to 'Joker' who asked about his kids' religion
Shirish Kunder
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Director Shirish Kunder is a Twitter talent and has around three lakh followers on the micro blogging site who follow his musings in 140 characters religiously.
Never mean or brutal, always witty — that’s Kunder in 140 characters. And he exhibited just that quality after being trolled over his children's religion.
The 43-year-old put up a breathtaking vacation photo of his family which had his triplets -- Czar, Anya and Diva -- along with choreographer-turned-director wife Farah Khan at the picturesque Grand Canyon in the US.
My family, proudly posing at the top of the Grand Canyon, after throwing me into it.
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) January 3, 2017
No idea of time here. Is it 2017 yet? pic.twitter.com/lbiBlfXPam
Now, while most of his followers appreciated the beauty of the location, the family and his witty remark, there was one who posed a question about his children's religion.
@ShirishKunder Your Kids Hindus or Muslims ?
— Fatima Arya (@XMuslimFatima) January 3, 2017
Now, trolls have been known to target people on the basis of religion. There's the case of star couple Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan naming their child Taimur as well as the naming of Baroda all-rounder Irfan Pathan's child or the attack on India pacer Mohammad Shami for sharing a photo of his wife Hasin Jahan in a sleeveless gown or even the instance when former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif found himself at the centre of a social media controversy after uploading pictures of him doing 'Surya Namaskar'.
The troll who asked Kunder about his children's religion had no business asking such a personal question, but that social media for you. Yet, Kunder instead of blasting the troll responded with class and actually set an example that others can follow.
Depends on which festival is next. Last month, they were Christians. https://t.co/tvYl5n4ugX
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) January 3, 2017
His response got the Twitterverse excited. It was retweeted over 3,000 times and liked close to 6,000 times at the time of writing this article. It also made some declare him their 'Twitter crush'.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSES TO HIS RESPONSE:
@ShirishKunder guruji, this one answer, uff! #Brilliant. Sometimes your tweets are even better than Kriti! ! :D
— Noyon Jyoti Parasara (@NoyonSENSE) January 5, 2017
@ShirishKunder respect. pic.twitter.com/pAfrgsACCn
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 5, 2017
@ShirishKunder if there is something called a Twitter crush, I think I have one on you!
— Saima Iqbal (@SaimaIqbl) January 3, 2017
@ShirishKunder beautiful
— KilaFateh #INC (@KilaFateh) January 3, 2017
Superb
Awesome
Real Indian
Proud of Indians like you
Am of the same belief.
@ShirishKunder great reply pic.twitter.com/dciX8MasxW
— Ravi Vaghera (@ravivaghera) January 3, 2017
@ShirishKunder @BuzzFeedIndia @XMuslimFatima this tweet of urs should reach evry single person fighting in the nme of religion.hats off to u
— Bitter truth raj (@rrrek) January 4, 2017
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