RJ Malishka’s dance For Neeraj Chopra during interview draws backlash

Team Udayavani, Aug 22, 2021, 10:38 AM IST

Radio Jockey and presenter Malishka Mendonsa and her colleagues are facing huge backlash on social media for allegedly making the Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra uncomfortable by dancing in front of him during a virtual interview.

RJ Malishka posted a small clip of her interview with Neeraj, and as per the visuals shared on Twitter, she and her colleagues could be seen dancing to ‘Uden Jab Jab Zulfen Teri’ from the 1957 film ‘Naya Daur’, while the 23-year-old athlete watched on, kinda uncomfortably, through the screen.

In the video clip, Neeraj is seen sitting silently and smiling politely, while others are seen dancing.

While sharing the clip, Malishka wrote, “Ladiesssss..Yes I got the hard hitting, deep answers too but..Take the first 4 secs before the cam moves to the zoom call to guess who we are dancing for Smiling face with halo ? #udejabjabzulfeinteri and then tell me I did it for all of us smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes #gold #olympics #neerajchopra @RedFMIndia @RedFM_Mumbai.”

Ladiesssss..Yes I got the hard hitting, deep answers too but..Take the first 4 secs before the cam moves to the zoom call to guess who we are dancing for? 😉 #udejabjabzulfeinteri and then tell me I did it for all of us? #gold #olympics #neerajchopra @RedFMIndia @RedFM_Mumbai pic.twitter.com/SnEJ99MK31

— Mumbai Ki Rani (@mymalishka) August 19, 2021

The netizens accused her of making the Olympic medallist “uncomfortable” and slammed Malishka for her unprofessional behaviour.

Ugggh! Cringe max. So basically you are perpetuating the stereotype that the man is the real achiever and women are mere mujrewalis dancing to get his attention! How sick and sexist is this. Also, you guys can’t dance to save your life.

— Shefali Vaidya. ?? (@ShefVaidya) August 20, 2021

Dear @mymalishka

How would your feminist self react if a female athlete was shown a dance by 5-6 male RJs on "ude jab jab zulfein teri" & by the end they asked her "zyaada to nahi cheda na aapko humne" ??

Please answer since you've been quite vocal on idea of gender equality

— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) August 19, 2021

I can feel the pain behind that forced smile @Neeraj_chopra1 sir. I too would feel extremely uncomfortable if some stranger aunties start dancing in front of me. Like, Grow up ladies. You're not in your teens, it's not cute.

— HINDU_thats_it (@Sumerian_Godd) August 19, 2021

Saw many people abusing you, criticizing this act in replies but please don't listen to them ma'am. Go Mumbai Ki Rani more power to you. ?
That's what Bollywood bhaands have been doing for cheap publicity everytime. waise thoda or cringey ho sakta tha ?

— Naweed (@Spoof_Junkey) August 19, 2021

Strange world it is, same women will scream from Radio station as feminists.

If you do in Radio station it is fashion.

If you do in kotha, it’s women suppression. ???

— ChaiLoversLeader (@ProudAboutt) August 19, 2021

"Zyada toh nahi cheda aapko humnei?"

Thoda nahi bahut zyada cheda @mymalishka. If you were a man, you'd be behind bars right now. You sexually objectified an army man and a highly-achieving sports person.

FYI, he is not just a peace of meat for you to ogle at. Shame on you! https://t.co/QpnhVepH8s

— Deepansh Duggal (@Deepansh75) August 22, 2021

The more this appears on my timeline the more I’m irritated why isn’t there any action on this lady and her gang , she has told that she is chedofying , @MumbaiPolice. @mymalishka https://t.co/yjqcki2Sfx

— Raghu Nandan (@raghunmc) August 21, 2021

Dare @rjrishikapoor enact the same scene with @Pvsindhu1 ?
Forget best RJ award, he'll loose his job & get arrested for eve teasing & outraging a woman's modesty!@RedFMIndia your @mymalishka is pathetic!!! https://t.co/5vYEnuJGyl

— J9 (@J927415642) August 21, 2021

I know Neeraj Chopra's achievement should be celebrated all across India, but celebrating in such cringy manner shouldn't be acknowledged or allowed. Shame on @RedFMIndia @RedFM_Mumbai for allowing their RJs (in the below video) to do such a thing. https://t.co/xdJROwbVSE

— Soumyajit Bhattacharya (@soumyajit_b) August 20, 2021