After Disha Patani, Janhvi Kapoor... will Kalidas Jayaram be trolled next for Maldives holiday post?

Bollywood celebrities are drawing flak for their insensitive posts of themselves having fun in the sun during a grim period in the country
Kalidas Jayaram
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Kalidas Jayaram has been flooding his Instagram handle with pictures of his trip to Maldives last week. However, a picture that is perhaps going viral is of him in a black shirt and a dhoti. “If your character doesnt have a darker shade, at least try to wear it for sometime,” Kalidas captioned the picture.

The actor, who has acted in movies such as Poomaram, Happy Sardar, Paava Kadhaigal and Oru Pakka Kathai, will be seen next in the bilingual film, Rajni, directed by Vinil Scariah. The film will be released in Malayalam and Tamil.

Meanwhile, one wonders if the South Indian actor will be trolled like his North Indian contemporaries. Twitter has been ablaze ever since Maldives announced that it would be suspending flights from India as Twitterattis had a field day taking digs at Bollywood celebrities.

Amid the surging Covid-19 pandemic in India, several Bollywood celebrities such as Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Tiger Shroff, Disha Patani, Katrina Kaif and Janhvi Kapoor went to the Maldives on vacation. Disha Patani’s bikini pictures received a lot of flak for being insensitive towards the current situation of the country.

Not only did these celebrities draw flak from the public, they have also been criticised by many within their own fraternity. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was among them. When asked about stars posting vacation pictures during an interview, he said, “These entertainment celebrities posting vacation pictures at a time when the world is reeling under the worst recession. …Logon ke pass khana nahin hai aur aap paise phenk rahe ho. Kuch toh sharm karo (People don’t have food and you are wasting money, have some shame).”

Writer Shobhaa De wrote a satirical piece about Bollywood stars holidaying in Maldives even as the country battles a brutal second wave of coronavirus pandemic. “It is the height of vulgarity to flaunt those ridiculous pictures. Enjoy Maldives by all means. You are blessed if you can get such a break in these bleak times. But do everyone a favour... keep it private."

Janhvi Kapoor
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She also wrote about Alia Bhatt-Ranbir Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit Nene's recent vacations to the island nation and also about Dia Mirza's honeymoon. "But frankly, why find reasons, justifications, explanations? Why itna guilt-vilt? Just do it! Like the Bollywood stars who are sweet enough to advise their less fortunate countrymen and women to stay home and stay masked, while they post sun-kissed shots. Then are the blessed ones like Dia Mirza who have fans going ‘awwwww’ over the bride’s baby bump. As for those pampered ‘influencers’— this is the upside of the Age of Insta. Freebies galore," she wrote.

Disha Patani
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Actress Shruti Haasan said, “It has been a tough time for everyone and for some people much more. I think gratitude and being thankful for privileges is what is most important to know versus throwing your privileges in people’s faces."

With these Bollywood celebrities drawing flak for their seemingly insensitive posts of themselves having some fun in the sun during such a grim situation in the country, one hopes that Kalidas does not join the list of people to be trolled.

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