Orhan Awatramani, popularly known as Orry, along with seven others, was booked, including a Russian national, for violating local laws in Katra, Jammu, after they allegedly consumed alcohol near the Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. The area strictly prohibits liquor and non-vegetarian food to maintain the sanctity of the place. While several Bollywood celebrities have remained silent on the matter, Samir Soni has now slammed Orry for 'committing a crime.'
Speaking to Republic India, Samir said, "This looks like a very innocuous thing—so what if he does that? But if you dig deeper, it is wrong on so many levels. It’s wrong in the sense that you are committing a crime—you are drinking where you are not supposed to."
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Further, Samir added, "You are being insensitive by drinking in a place like Vaishno Devi, where people literally walk on all fours for miles to reach the temple. It is incredibly irresponsible, and you are gloating about it as if you have done something good. And then you call yourself an influencer? It’s a reflection of the society we live in—where, at the cost of gaining more likes and views, you can talk rubbish if you want. even the more absurd you are, the language is used and you consider 'cool.' That is what worries me."
Samir added that he has a 12-year-old daughter (Ahana Soni), and if she listens to all this, he wondered—what is happening to our culture and our people. He added that he feels as a generation, they have failed, and they have also failed to stop such people and tell them that it is not cool to use abusive language or crack these kinds of jokes.
Meanwhile, since the controversy erupted, Orry, who is usually very active on social media, has been noticeably absent and is yet to react.
