New Delhi . Lyricist Javed Akhtar has come out in support of actress Rashmika Mandanna amid trolling on social media regarding her pronunciation and speaking style. He raised questions on those who make fun of Rashmika's accent. Javed Akhtar talked about challenging such people to speak a few lines in Tamil language and said that the thinking of considering one language better than another is not right.
Rashmika Mandanna recently appeared on the television program Koffee with Karan with her husband Vijay Deverakonda. During the conversation, he shared his experiences of facing trolling from the beginning of his career till now. The actress said that she was targeted sometimes because of her acting, sometimes because of her performance and sometimes because of her language or accent. According to her, she did not want to limit herself due to the fear of such criticism.
Rashmika said that she did not wish to be limited to any one film industry or language. She wanted to work in different film industries and speak multiple languages. For this reason, instead of imposing any kind of restriction on himself, he chose the path of working in different languages. After his experience, Javed Akhtar expressed his support on social media.
Javed Akhtar said in his post that people troubled by Rashmika's pronunciation should be given a few lines to speak in Tamil language. After this it can be seen how well they can speak this language. He described Tamil as one of the oldest spoken languages in the world. Also, he opposed the idea of considering others inferior on the basis of language.
However, on Javed Akhtar's post, a user also made a correction regarding the linguistic background of the actress. The user told that Rashmika is from Coorg and is the daughter-in-law of a Telugu family. Along with this, the user appreciated Javed Akhtar's initiative in supporting the actress. In response, Javed Akhtar talked about improving his point.
Many social media users agreed with his post. One user said that South Indian artistes should not be judged on the basis of their pronunciation while speaking Hindi. At the same time, another user said that every region has its own linguistic characteristics and different way of speaking. In such a situation, it is not appropriate to make fun of someone because of his pronunciation.
This episode of Koffee with Karan was also in the news due to the conversation related to the personal life of Rashmika and Vijay Deverakonda. Both of them talked about their love story in the program. During this, Vijay told that when Rashmika had asked him for marriage, he had not agreed immediately and had jokingly said that he would have to ask this question 100 times. Rashmika told that she had asked Vijay about marriage every day for about a month.
After this conversation, Vijay Deverakonda also had to face reactions on social media. Some users questioned his comment and even called it a red flag. In this way, after the conversation in the program, both Rashmika's trolling and Vijay's statements have become topics of discussion on social media.