Yesterday a viral video of a man being beaten up by the police for violating lockdown rules was all over the internet. In sometime the buzz went on strong that it was filmmaker Sudhir Mishra who was being beaten. The writer-director has come out to clarify that it wasn’t him and not every guy who has long hair needs to be him.
The video was shared and spread in no time yesterday and it reached the trolls as well. Many even associated it with Mishra being anti establishment and trolled him for the same. One troll even called him an urban naxal.

In The Lockdown, Urban NAXAL Sudhir Mishra got Danda Pujan By The Police Sudhir Mishra wasn’t maintaining social distancing and argued with Mumbai Police persons when requested by them to follow. He then threatened police guys by saying that I will get you suspend pic.twitter.com/YwTkNYpu8T
— Chayan Chatterjee (@Satyanewshi) March 30, 2020
Clarifying his stand, Sudhir Mishra in a Tweet wrote, “I am quite amused that people think I would take a beating without reacting . Every tall white haired guy is not me . What shocks me is that the glee of the troll brigade. How sick ! Whoever that coward who takes a beating like that , it ain’t me , sickos ! Get a life !”
I am quite amused that people think I would take a beating without reacting . Every tall white haired guy is not me . What shocks me is that the glee of the troll brigade . How sick ! Whoever that coward who takes a beating like that , it ain’t me , sickos ! Get a life ! https://t.co/c7XtLffzwA
— Sudhir Mishra (@IAmSudhirMishra) March 30, 2020
The filmmaker translated the same in Hindi and shared. Further a Twitterati in a good way pointed out that Mishra should not have said anything against the police as they are working for our safety.
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To which Sudhir Mishra replied, “I cannot be wrong in these matters so I would react. By the way till date I’ve never had a problem with the police. Never ! So Mr Pai, I am sorry to disappoint you but that fat long john wearing fair guy with full hair at the back ain’t me .”
I cannot be wrong in these matters so I would react . By the way till date I’ve never had a problem with the police . Never ! So Mr Pai , I am sorry to disappoint you but that fat long john wearing fair guy with full hair at the back ain’t me . https://t.co/yK4p3ymTIT
— Sudhir Mishra (@IAmSudhirMishra) March 30, 2020
The police has been left with no option but to show their strength as to petrify people to make them stay indoors. The lockdown was announced by the PM as a step to curb the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic.
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