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Mehreen Pirzada recently opened up about her intimate scenes in her OTT debut series Sultan of Delhi. The series is currently streaming on Disney+Hotstar and is based on the book, Sultan of Delhi: Ascension, by Arnab Ray. Mehreen Prizada, in her portrayal within the web series, depicted a sequence involving marital rape, which was misconstrued as a sexual encounter by a segment of social media users. Subsequently, on Tuesday, the actor addressed the issue through a post on her Twitter account (now referred to as "X") and strongly criticized the individuals responsible for the misunderstanding.

Pirzada took to her official X account and wrote, “here was a scene in Sultan Of Delhi that depicted a brutal Marital Rape. It pains me to see that a serious issue like Marital Rape has been described by many in the media as a Sex’ Scene. This trivializes something that is a serious issue that many women the world over are currently dealing with.”

She further added, “It disturbs me that a certain section of the media and people on social media have picked upon this, these people should understand that they have sisters and daughters too and I pray to god they never have to go through such trauma in their own lives as just the thought of such brutality and violence against women is repugnant.”

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“As an actor it’s my job to do justice to the role and the team of Sultan Of Delhi helmed by Milan Luthria Sir were extremely professional in making sure that we as actors at no point were uncomfortable or exposed during the shooting of some very difficult scenes,” she went on to state.

About Sultan Of Delhi

Sultan of Delhi is a Hindi-language period crime thriller television series which has been scripted by Suparn Verma, directed by Milan Luthria, and produced by Namit Sharma under the Reliance Entertainment banner. This series unfolds in the backdrop of Delhi in the year 1962, drawing its inspiration from Arnab Ray's novel, ‘Sultan of Delhi: Ascension’. It boasts a diverse ensemble cast, featuring Tahir Raj Bhasin, Mouni Roy, Anjum Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Anupriya Goenka, Nishant Dahiya, Mehreen Pirzada, and Harleen Sethi, among others. The show made its debut on Disney+ Hotstar on October 13, 2023.