The South Indian Actress known for her natural acting and genuine nature off screen, is now under rampage as one of her interviews from 2022 has now resurfaced where her statement regarding the controversial film ‘The Kashmir Files’ and an incident about religious violence is debated by the netizens.
Sai Pallavi with her innate charm has a huge fanbase who have always been over the top in praising her on screen characters and more so of her off screen appearances which are always humble and pragmatic. Apparently not all her off screen statements are taken lightly as her political opinion and personal stand from years back is now stinging her.
Sai Pallavi’s statement about ‘The Kashmir Files’
In June, 2022 with everyone in India somehow coming to know about the Hindi film, ‘The Kashmir Files’ which was surrounded by controversy for the movie is based on the Exodus of Hindu Pandits in the 90s. With every political party defending and offending the creators of the movie and questioning the legitimacy of the story, it was a topic of discussion in every media forum.
Actress Sai Pallavi was not left out of the chat as in a Telugu interview, she was questioned about her position and whether is a Leftist or a Rightist. The actress responded by saying that she is neutral and her opinion lies with just and said, “I watched ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie and they showed how they killed the Pandits then and even in the Covid time, If you take it as a religious conflict, Some People attacked a Muslim man carrying Cows and made him chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Shriman’. So what happened then and now is no different”.
This statement of Sai Pallavi regarding the violence against the Kashmir Pandits in the 90s that led to the Genocide and her comparison for a fairly recent violence against a Muslim man to chant and praise a Hindu God was a big issue even in 2022. The actress who is active but not interactive in Social Media even released a clarification video for the same.
Sai Pallavi’s Clarification
Sai Pallavi through her instagram gave a clarification video where she said, “I believe I am Neutral and that she would never belittle a tragedy like the Genocide”. The actress was very clear in her voicing out the opinion in using the incidents as examples making her political stand. Adding to her comparison with the mob incident, “I can never come to terms with the Mob Lynching incident” explaining her drop of heart in hearing about such religious violence.
She even strongly stated that, “We need to be good human beings first before we identify ourselves with our beliefs” in the clarification video and that “Violence in any form is wrong”. Just like any celebrity, Sai Pallavi also took her stand and basically gave a general answer that was right and just in her opinion.
Recent Backlash and Boycotting trend
The statement made by the actress from the past is now trending as some of the netizens who are proclaimed ‘saviours of religion’ and a separate group of ‘true patriots’ who took her statement and twisted it by posting different assumption, “Sai Pallavi called Indian Army ‘Pakistani Terrorist’, people’s patriotism got hurt”.
With her upcoming release ‘Amaran’, which is a biopic of veteran Major Mukund Varadharajan in which Sai Pallavi takes the role of an army wife is what caused the backlash and misunderstanding. With her opinions regarding ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie plot and how the movie depicts men in army uniform involved in the genocide is coming under question.
Sai Pallavi is also working on the upcoming, highly anticipated ‘Ramayan’ movie alongside Ranbir Kapoor, in which she is playing Sita. Thus her statement regarding the Hindu – Muslim conflict and Mob lynching also is on radar with severe backlash and name callings surfacing the internet.
Amidst all this, Sai Pallavi along with ‘Amaran’ movie director Rajkumar Periasamy, visited the National War Memorial and shared that she wanted to visit the place before Amaran promotions. The post along with the pictures read, “This sacred temple, houses thousands of “brick-like-tablets” in the memory of every Braveheart, who has laid down their lives for us. I was brimming with emotions while paying respect to Major Mukund Varadarajan AC (P) and Sepoy Vikram Singh SC (P) Gratitude and salutations வீர வணக்கங்கள்”.
