India, March 26 -- Actor Arjun Rampal is garnering praise for his performance in Dhurandhar The Revenge. He plays Major Iqbal, a ruthless and calculating ISI officer in the spy thriller directed by Aditya Dhar. At HELLO! Hall of Fame Awards held a few days ago, Arjun spoke about his experience working on the film during his acceptance speech and ended by saying, 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai.'

Writer Shobhaa De criticised this in her latest column in The Print, titled, 'Why Arjun Rampal saying 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' should worry Bollywood audiences.' This post has now caught the attention of the actor's girlfriend, Gabriella Demetriades, who slammed it in the comments. She wrote, "This is outrageous."

Earlier, during his appearance at HELLO! Hall o...