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Trailer Trivializes Kashmir Protest; UN Decries Pellet Gun Abuse

7/8/2026

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The Chauhaan trailer shows a skull-masked Ajay Devgn dancing as protesting Kashmiris appear, prompting criticism for trivializing violence.
Feroz Aslam, blinded by pellets in 2016, says seven pellets entered one eye, six the other, and 300 struck his chest.
Medical anthropologist Saiba Varma says pellet guns, once called humane, now lack moral justification.
The United Nations calls India’s pellet-gun use a grave violation of children’s rights and urges an end.

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The Chauhaan trailer shows a skull-masked Ajay Devgn dancing as protesting Kashmiris appear, prompting criticism for trivializing violence.
Feroz Aslam, blinded by pellets in 2016, says seven pellets entered one eye, six the other, and 300 struck his chest.
Medical anthropologist Saiba Varma says pellet guns, once called humane, now lack moral justification.
The United Nations calls India’s pellet-gun use a grave violation of children’s rights and urges an end.