Shut all temples where you pretend to worship the female form: Mahesh Bhatt

30 December, 2012

The horrific gang rape of Damini, 23, and her death have triggered anguish, anger and outrage throughout the country with people including Bollywood stars demanding death penalty for the criminals, and gender equality, better status and safety laws for women.

"WE COULDN'T save you but what a big voice you have, you brave little girl. That voice is telling us that rape is not an aberration, not a mistake. Rape embodies sexuality as our culture and society has defined it," Shahrukh Khan said.

Bollywood stars took to Twitter and urged India to wake up and respect and protect women. Here are some of the tweets of Bollywood stars reacting on the tragic death of 23-year-old gang rape victim who died in Singapore on Saturday morning.

Her body has passed away, but her soul shall forever stir our hearts - Amitabh Bachchan

Her greatest betrayal is that we will forget. Political systems' greatest hope is we will forget. Our only redemption is if we do not forget - Shekhar Kapur

May SHE become the wake-up call our country needs! We must soul search. Female foeticide; inequal access to nutrition, education, health; no decision making powers; dowry demands; rapes rampant. INDIA WAKE UP - Shabana Azmi

RIP Damini, today is a dark day in our democracy. We should pledge not to let dust settle on this fight till the end - Madhur Bhandarkar

RIP to a brave girl who fought in a weak and paralysed country. Shame on all of us - Karan Johar

Shut all temples where you pretend to worship the female form. Cry India! Your hands are drenched with the blood of your own daughters - Mahesh Bhatt