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Actress Harathi gives it back in style to “Hindi Theriyathu Poda” gang

September 10, 2020
The Commune

While members of the DMK and its sympathizers in media and cinema go about wearing “Hindi Theiryathu Poda” t-shirts to oppose the supposed ‘Hindi opposition’, actress and television host Harathi known for her comic roles in Tamil movies voiced out her opinion on the matter saying that just like how Tamil is dear to people of Tamil Nadu so are other languages to other people. She said that it is wrong to denigrate other languages and added that those who want to learn can learn. She also took a jibe at her fellow artist colleagues that those flaunting the “Hindi Theriyathu Poda” t-shirts today would not hesitate to throw it away if a Hindi film chance comes their way.

Since this tweet, she had come under the attack from online trolls and DMK IT cell handles who had resorted to fat shaming her and passed misogynistic comments.

However, Harathi has been giving it to them back in style by going offensive on abusive tweets while giving a strong rebuttal subtly.

She even posted an edited picture of her in which she had written “Mujhe Hindi bhi aathi hai, Muttaal aakaama poda” (I know Hindi too, don’t fool people, get lost!)

However, all hell broke loose when she responded to a picture posted by a user in which she and her husband can be posing with DMK patriarch Karunanidhi. She said noted that she respected the leader and that is why studied Hindi in the ‘school run by Karunanidhi’s family’.

To those saying that people in Tamil Nadu can study Hindi privately by enrolling in Hindi Prachar Sabha or in any other private centre, she asked whether they will pay for it.

When another user had asked her whether learning Hindi had given her a chance in Bollywood films, she said that she has been doing Tamil translation of stories and dialogues, narrating scripts in Hindi to actresses coming from the north to work in South apart from dubbing for Hindi movies. “Nalla irukken!” (I am doing good!), she noted.