Deepika did not speak with the university, but stood with the group of students including president of the students' union Aishe Ghosh.

 Deepika Said she had gone to express solidarity with the students. On this visit of her, her bollywood colleagues tweeted in her support

Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Nikkhil Advani, Hansal Mehta, Anubhav Sinha, actors Richa Chadha, Swara Bhaskar and former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, among several others, hailed Deepika for meeting the students at the university.

Praising her, Anurag Kashyap wrote on Twitter, "The female of the species is, and was, and will always be the strongest of the two #DeepikaPadukone . Chhapak first day all shows. Let's all those who stand against the violence go to @bookmyshow and show them. Make our silent statement which will be the loudest." 

Anurag, who also posted Deepika's picture at JNU as his own profile pic on Twitter, spent the night replying to several trolls who criticised her with the hashtags #boycottchhapaak and #shameonbollywood.   He replied to one of his followers, "Let's not forget she is also the producer of the films. Stakes are even higher. Mad respect for @deepikapadukone."

Made In Heaven actor Sobhita Dhulipala also came out in Deepika's support. "It is incredible to see people of the film fraternity give a damn and take a stand. Respect to every person who is making this choice," she tweeted.