Sacred Games Actor Elnaaz Norouzi Strips In A Video Titled 'My Body My Choice'

In September, a woman’s custodial death in Iran over ‘moral policing’ of clothes shocked the entire world. Mahsa Amini was accused of violating the country’s ‘hijab laws’ (hijab is a scarf-like garment Muslim women use to cover their heads to show their devotion, but it is not meant to be mandatory). According to official reports, she was detained by Iran’s ‘moral police’, suffered a heart attack while in custody and died.

Since then, Iranian women have been protesting for their rights to bodily autonomy. Many activists, journalists, and protesters have also been detained. Some of them have been killed and buried without any information given to their families. The (Iran) protest reached a global platform when Turkish singer Melek Mosso cut her hair in support of the anti-hijab protest.

Now publicly joining the protests is Sacred Games actor Elnaaz Norouzi who is of Iranian descent. She took to Instagram to post a video in solidarity with the women fighting for their rights to wear what they want.

Elnaaz Norouzi Strips In Protest

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On October 11, Norouzi posted a video on Instagram titled ‘My Body, My Choice’. She started by taking off her burqa (a black garment that Muslim women wear to cover their bodies), and slowly, took off all her clothes until she was in a black bikini set.

The entire video had variations of the text –- “If this is your choice, it’s ok.” She conveyed the fact that whether a woman chooses to cover her body or wishes to expose a part of her body, it must be solely her choice.

She captioned the video, “Every woman, anywhere in the world, regardless of where she is from, should have the right to wear whatever she desires and when or whatever she desires to wear it.”

Norouzi added, “No man nor any woman has the right to judge her or ask her to dress otherwise.”

The actor stressed the fact that everybody has a different belief and each of them deserves respect. She pointed out that democracy means the power resides with the person to make decisions for themselves and their bodies.

She wrote, “I am not promoting nudity, I am promoting freedom of choice.”

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Elnaaz Norouzi Acting Career In India

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Born in Tehran, Iran, Norouzi has acted in several films and web shows in India. She made her debut in Indian cinema with the Punjabi film Maan Jao Na in 2017. She has also acted in Khido Khundi.

In 2018, the actor worked in Netflix India’s first original series Sacred Games alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui. In 2019, she played a role in Kunal Khemu’s Abhay, available to watch on Zee5.

We have also seen Norouzi in music videos like Made In India and Nagin Jaise Kamar Hila alongside Guru Randhawa and Tony Kakkar respectively.

She has also worked in ad campaigns with Bollywood’s prominent names, including Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

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Even in 2022, women around the world are fighting for basic rights to healthcare and the freedom to wear what they want. It breaks our hearts, but we stand in solidarity with every woman in the world fighting for her right to freedom, equality, and liberty.

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