Laal Salaam actor Dhanya Balakrishna faces backlash for her old comments about Tamil people

 Laal Salaam actor Dhanya Balakrishna faces backlash for her old comments about Tamil people

Dhanya Balakrishnan's old Facebook post criticising Chennai people has resurfaced ahead of the release of Laal Salaam, in which she has played an important role.

Actor Dhanya Balakrishna is facing backlash for her old demeaning comments about Tamil people. The actor is part of Laal Salam, which has Rajinikanth in a cameo role. As Dhanya’s pictures from the film’s audio launch are making the rounds on social media, screenshots of her Facebook post from 2012 (now deleted) have resurfaced online.

Back in 2012, when IPL team Chennai Super Kings qualified for the playoffs, Dhanya took to Facebook and wrote a hate message claiming that Chennai people are living at the mercy of the people of Bengaluru. She claimed that Chennai people (Tamils) beg for water and electricity from Bengaluru. She also added that Chennai people come to Karnataka’s capital and make it unclean.

This created a huge backlash back then, and Dhanya Balakrishna said that she was quitting Tamil cinema. However, the actor went on to be part of Tamil films Raja Rani, Carbon, and Yaar Ivan. She also acted in Tamil web series Carbon and As I am Suffering From Kadhal.

Now, after more than a decade, her comments have resurfaced ahead of the release of Laal Salam, directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth. Netizens have questioned why the director has cast someone in the Tamil film when she holds bad views about people here. 

If this information is true… how can someone be so rude and still shamelessly act again in Tamil Movies.. You Beg We give. 🤟 https://t.co/QkGqSC2nKq

vjpaaru (@parvathy_saran) January 29, 2024

Can a #TamilNadu actor talk ill about #Karnataka and its people and still continue to act in a #Kannadamovie? Wasn’t actor #siddharth stopped in the middle of a movie promotion just because #cauverywaterissue was on?#LalSalaam #Rajinikanth #dhanyabalakrishna https://t.co/h9ZRrd7srl

— Raghu Rajaram (@RaghuTweetbook) January 29, 2024

#Laalsalaam actress Dhanya Balakrishna @DhanyaBee தானே தமிழ்நாட்டை பற்றி அவ்ளோ கேவலமா பேசிச்சி..

எல்லாம் மறப்போம் மன்னிப்போம்னு வீட்டுடீங்களா? @ash_rajinikanth

They made Sathyaraj to apologize for releasing Bahubali.ஆனா இங்க?

அவ்ளோ மட்டமா தமிழர்களை பத்தி பேசின பெண்

ஹீரோயின் pic.twitter.com/ws8KSk1ATe

— Janani 🦋🦋 (@Janani_GR_) January 29, 2024

Dhanya Balakrishna is yet to react to the latest backlash.

Laal Salam is set to be released on February 9. Starring Vikranth and Vishnu Vishal in the lead roles, the film has music by AR Rahman.