Deepika Padukone at JNU

Deepika Padukone has done what no big male movie star has by appearing at JNU on Tuesday evening in solidarity with students protesting against the insidious attack that rolled there for hours. Some accuse her of using the appearance to draw attention at a time when she has a new movie – “Chhapaak”. Doesn’t matter. She took a brave stand that she knew could impact her movie – there were instant calls to boycott it.