evidence: Having said that, I wonder if Deepika Padukone and the Pathaan team are colour blind! Why a saffron bikini in a country where saffron is the symbol of the nation? It’s like a particular state in India insisting on beef being their staple diet in a country that worships the cow. Why show a red flag to the saffron brigade? And let me tell you, the bikini in saffron or any other colour, looks awful on Deepika. Can we imagine Madhubala or Waheeda Rehman in a bikini? Deepika is beautiful in the classic sense. She is tall, statuesque and best when wrapped in mystique. [...] It is not the saffron we should be worried about. It is the objectification of a beautiful woman that we should be worried about. When the greatest of them all Lata Mangeshkar decided to switch sides and did an Asha Bhosle in the seductive Aa jaane jaan, the nation swooned. She adopted the cabaret and made it her own.