In light of the Jisha rape incident, Malayalam and Tamil actor Priyamani earned the ire of her followers for a bunch of tweets.
While Actor Dulquer Salmaan tweeted the same, he didn’t receive as much anger as the actor did. She was called insensitive for “blaming India”, with twitter trolls asking her to leave the country.
@priyamani6 if HINDUSTAN is unsafe please leave our country....
— mallikarjun k (@mallikarjunk18) May 7, 2016
@priyamani6 Mr. Amir khan's sis, If v r unsafe, v shld try solving it being here only. Going out of d country is nt the solution lyk cowards
— Sindhu (@sindhu31790) May 4, 2016
@priyamani6 first change your dress sense
— Gangadhar v (@gangadharvirak1) May 7, 2016
@priyamani6 Popular people's only can do something against this type of problems. But you all are not doing anything...
— midhun r.p (@PMidhunr) May 4, 2016
india is not safe for cini artists like tini tom due to dirty minded actress like @priyamani6
— Kulfi Selfie (@iAmKulfi) May 8, 2016
Some termed her publicity hungry to promote her latest film, some demanded she withdraw her statement. Some accused her of being another ‘Aamir Khan’ in reference to the comment he made on intolerance, costing him his Incredible India ambassador status. Trolls even pulled out pictures of her in a bikini to say she had no right to make statements on safety for having done certain roles. She followed it up with two more clarifying tweets.
@priyamani6 being a celebrity U need to be very clear. UR stat is giving wrong signal about the country. Incidents happened before.. so.....
— ♚ FreakyTraveller ♚ (@amaronline) May 5, 2016
I have only expressed my feelings towards the untoward incidents which have occurred and r still occurring!how is this anti India??READ!!
— priyamani (@priyamani6) May 4, 2016