A popular restaurant in Karachi has come under fire after it used a scene from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi to promote a Men’s Day at the eatery. Swings restaurant used the scene in which Alia Bhatt, who plays a prostitute in the film, tries to solicit her first customer with the line “Aa jaa na raja, what are you waiting for?”. The restaurant’s post read: “Swings is calling out all the Rajas out there. Ajao and avail a 25% discount on Men’s Monday at Swings!”
The ad faced a lot of criticism on social media on June 17. After they got a lot of flak, the owners apologised, saying, “Just a concept. We didn’t mean to hurt the sentiments of anyone.”