John Cusack has been actively sharing posts and photographs condemning the amended act and the violence against students. In Bollywood, various celebrities, from Anurag Kashyap to Rajkummar Rao have been expressing solidarity with the students.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap returned to Twitter to strongly condemn the act. Calling the government ‘fascist’, the filmmaker said that he cannot stay silent any longer. Also in a veiled reference to Bollywood, Anurag added that it makes his angry to “see voices that can actually make a difference stay quiet.”