Delhi restaurant Aquila is under attack from social media after they refused to let a lady wearing a saree in. in an exceedingly viral video, a lady asked a member of the restaurant staff why she isn’t being let in. “Ma’am, we allow only smart casuals and saree doesn’t come under smart casuals. That’s it,” she is told.
Actor Richa Chadha also took to Twitter to vent her anger at the restaurant and also the video. “This snobbery- denouncing our traditional clothes, looking down upon our own languages is that the residue of post-colonisation trauma. It also creates a fertile tract for fascism that exploits this very trauma. The Sari is sensible, your policy isn’t! #SariNotSorry #Aquila,” she wrote in her tweet.
Others on Twitter also disagreed with the restaurant’s policy. “Seriously. Such eating places don’t have any right to even exist in independent India. i’m sure the license has to be cancelled for such restaurants/clubs who are against ethnic wear,” wrote one. “Denying entry because the patron is wearing torn, shredded jeans or is wearing inappropriate footwear is perfectly understandable, but refusing entry for being draped in an exceedingly saree is absolute stupidity. The management of the restaurant-bar should be strictly penalised for this action,” wrote another.
The restaurant has since being review-bombed on Zomato and its aggregated rating current stands at 2 stars. Zomato has put up a message for patrons on the restaurant’s page that reads: ‘This restaurant is receiving lots of media attention because of recent events. We are monitoring all reviews closely to make sure that they suits our content guidelines.”
Richa was last seen within the thriller web series Candy with Ronit Roy. She also release a podcast titled Virus 2062 together with her boyfriend, actor Ali Fazal.
Her upcoming projects include Six Suspects with Scam 1992 star Pratik Gandhi. it’s supported Vikas Swarup’s 2008 novel of the identical name.
