P eity
Zi ta
has
espo ded
to
a
vi al
papa azzi
video
that
appea ed
to
suggest
she
had
“ig o ed”
Aami
Kha
du i g
the
p omotio al
campaig
fo
thei
upcomi g
film
Batwa a
1947.
The
acto
has
ejected
the
speculatio ,
calli g
the
post
“clickbait
co te t”
a d
cla ifyi g
that
she
simply
did
ot
otice
Aami
at
the
time.The
i cide t
came
to
light
afte
a
papa azzi
accou t
posted
a
video
f om
o e
of
the
film’s
p omotio al
eve ts.
I
the
clip,
P eity
is
see
comi g
out
of
he
va ity
va
a d
aski g
the
photog aphe s,
“Ek
mi
guys,
kaha
jaa a
hai?”
(O e
mi ute,
guys,
whe e
do
I
have
to
go?)Afte
bei g
di ected
by
the
photog aphe s,
P eity
p oceeded
i
the
opposite
di ectio .
Aami ,
who
was
sta di g
ea
his
va ity
va ,
was
ot
ack owledged
by
he ,
leadi g
the
papa azzi
page
to
post
the
video
with
the
captio ,
“Oh
o,
P eity
Zi ta
ig o ed
Aami
Kha ?”The
video
soo
ci culated
widely
o li e,
with
social
media
use s
speculati g
about
a
possible
disag eeme t
o
u comfo table
equatio
betwee
the
two
acto s.P eity
late
espo ded
to
the
post
a d
c iticised
the
way
the
footage
had
bee
p ese ted.
Refuti g
a y
suggestio
of
te sio
with
Aami ,
she
w ote,
“This
ki d
of
clickbait
co te t
is
ot
cool.
I
did ’t
see
Aami
as
I
was
i
a
ush
to
shoot
some
shots
i side
&
the
catch
a
flight
fo
Batwa a
1947
p omotio s.
Next
time
pls
do ’t
expect
me
to
stop
a d
take
pictu es
if
you
i te t
is
to
p omote
a y
ki d
of
egativity!
I
have
a
LOT
of
love
&
espect
fo
Aami ,
so
this
is
ot
i
good
taste.
”He
espo se
cla ified
that
the
i te actio
had
o
deepe
mea i g
a d
that
she
was
simply
p eoccupied
with
he
packed
shooti g
a d
p omotio al
schedule.
It
also
shut
dow
speculatio
about
a y
alleged
awkwa d ess
betwee
the
two
sta s,
who
a e
cu e tly
wo ki g
togethe
to
p omote
‘Batwa a
1947’.The
film
ma ks
P eity’s
etu
to
the
big
sc ee
afte
a
eight-yea
hiatus.
He
last
theat ical
appea a ce
was
i
‘Bhaiaji
Supe hit’
which
eleased
i
2018.Reflecti g
o
he
time
away
f om
films,
P eity
ece tly
evealed
that
she
did
ot
pa ticula ly
miss
acti g
du i g
he
b eak.
“I
did ’t
miss
it,
to
be
ho est.
I
was
e joyi g
havi g
a
family;
it
was
ew
to
me,
havi g
kids,
focusi g
o
my
pe so al
life.
A d
howeve
big
my
ca ee
milesto es
might
be,
my
g eatest
milesto e
was
to
have
child e ,”
she
told
Hi dusta
Times.Di ected
by
Rajkuma
Sa toshi,
Batwa a
1947
is
a
pe iod
d ama
set
i
Laho e
agai st
the
backd op
of
the
1947
Pa titio
of
I dia.
The
film
featu es
a
e semble
cast
i cludi g
Su y
Deol,
Shaba a
Azmi,
Ali
Fazal,
Ka a
Deol,
Abhima yu
Si gh,
Ka ikka
Kapu
a d
Khushi
Haja e
alo gside
P eity
Zi ta.The
p oject
is
p oduced
by
Aami
Kha
u de
Aami
Kha
P oductio s
a d
is
scheduled
to
a ive
i
theat es
o
August
14.
