Sai Pallavi, Nayanthara and more: 6 South Indian actresses who hit headlines for making controversial statements

Sai Pallavi is currently in the news as her statement on Kashmiri Pandits and cow lynching has led to a huge controversy. Here's looking at other actresses who hit headlines for their statements.

By Nikita Thakkar
Published: June 20 2022, 10:35 AM IST

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Sai Pallavi — Sai Pallavi

Actress Sai Pallavi is currently in the headlines for her statement about Kashmiri Pandits. She was quoted saying, 'I was disturbed after I watched the Kashmir files. I would never belittle a tragedy like the genocide and the generations of people that are still affected by it. Having said that, I can never to terms with a mob lynching incident that had taken place during Covid times. I remember seeing that video and being shaken for days.' This created quite a stir and now the actress has issued a clarification too. In a video shared, she said, 'I will be thinking twice before I speak my heart because I am anxious that my words may be misinterpreted.' A case has also been filed against her. Take a look at other actresses who called for controversies with their statements.

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Rachita Ram — Rachita Ram

Kannada actress Rachita Ram recently triggered a row for her recent statement on the 'first night' during a press conference for her yet-to-be-released film Love You Rachchu. The reporter had questioned her on acting in sensual scenes, although she had said she wouldn't do them. Clarifying on the 'bold' scenes, she replied, There are so many people here who are married. I do not have any intention to embarrass anyone. Generally, I am asking you guys to tell me what people do after marriage? What do they do? They will romance, right? That's what is being shown in the film. The Kannada Kranthi Dal has demanded a public apology from the actress saying that her statements were against the culture of the land and had damaged the image of the state. Before Rachita, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nayanthara, Khushboo and Tamannaah had also caused a stir with their controversial statements. Take a look.

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu — Image credit: Instagram

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Back in 2014, Samantha had slammed the poster of Nenokkadine where Mahesh Babu was seen walking on the beach and looking at Kriti Sanon who was following him on her fours. She took to Twitter and called the poster deeply regressive. Mahesh Babu had expressed displeasure with Samantha and said that Samantha knows me and my wife Namrata. If she found anything regressive about the poster she could have checked with me first. Instead she went and poster her views online. She shouldn't have done that. At least she could have tried to speak to us. Since then, they didn't appear in a movie together.

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Nayanthara — Image credit: Instagram

Nayanthara

Actress Nayanthara had openly expressed that she regretted signing film Ghajni. She had said, 'I consider doing Ghajini the biggest mistake in my career. While signing the film, I got a narration for my role but it didn't turn out the way as promised. I felt cheated. My character was quite different from how it was narrated. From then on, I made a conscious choice to listen to scripts properly.'

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Khushbu — Image credit: Instagram

Khushbu

Actress Khushbu had once said in an interview that it was fine for girls to indulge in pre- marital sex if they take precautions to keep unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases at bay. She had also said that no educated man should expect his partner to be a virgin. Tamil Nadu political outfits had slammed Khushbu saying that her statement were against Tamil culture and values.

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Tamannaah Bhatia — Image credit: Instagram

Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah had found herself at the end of criticism when she had talked about actors doing charity work and publicising it. It has to be to each his own because we do what we essentially believe in. If you really want to help someone, in my opinion, I don’t like talking about it. On the other hand, there are some people who think showcasing it is a way of spreading the message. I just come from a different school of thought. And I don’t like talking about it because it doesn’t make sense to me as to if I’m busy helping someone, why should I be showcasing? I don’t connect that way, she had said. Her statements had irked lot of actors in the industry.