Urvashi Rautela cuts her hair in solidarity with Mahsa Amini & Ankita Bhandari

Bollywood actress Urvashi Rautela has decided to chop off her hair to extend support to Iranian women and girls who have been killed in protests at the death of Mahsa Amini" and also for 19-year-old girl Ankita Bhandari from Uttarakhand, who was allegedly killed by a resort owner and two of his accomplices on the night of September 18.

On Monday, Urvashi took to Instagram to share a photo where she can be seen getting her hair chopped. She wrote a message along with the photo - "CHOPPED MY HAIR OFF! cutting my hair in support of Iranian women and girls who have been killed in protests at the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by Iranian morality police & for all the girls. And for 19-year-old girl Ankita Bhandari from Uttarakhand."

"Around the world women are uniting in protest against the Iranian government by cutting their hair. Respect Women. A Global Symbol For Women's Revolution. Hair is seen as a symbol of the beauty of women. By chopping off hair it in public, women are showing that they don't care about society's beauty standards and won't let anything or anyone decide how they dress up, behave or live," she continued.

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Urvashi concluded by saying, "Once women come together and consider one women's issue as an issue of the entire womankind, feminism will see a new vigour."

Who was Mahsa Amini?
The death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, has sparked rage across Iran as women protesters cut their hair and burnt hijabs to protest against the mandatory veiling of women, according to media reports. Amini died following her detention by the country's morality police.

More than 100 people have been killed in nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, according to the Norway-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO. Iranian schoolgirls and women have come out in huge numbers to demonstrate by removing their hijabs and staging rallies in protest over Amini's death.