At an event, R Madhavan shared how his reply to a young fan’s message on Instagram was misconstrued. He said that he has to be overly cautious on social media for the fear of being misunderstood.
R Madhavan shared how his reply to a young fan’s message on Instagram was misconstrued.
R Madhavan recently attended an event, during which he shared his frustration over how simple, kind responses to fans on social media can be misinterpreted. Narrating one such incident, he shared that a young girl sent him a message on Instagram, praising his acting, and added several hearts and kissing emojis at the end. In response, Madhavan simply sent a polite thank you message. However, the fan took a screenshot of his message to her, and shared it as a post, leading people to assume that he was replying to the heart emojis. The actor shared that his intention was to simply to reply to the fan’s message, but people only saw the emojis, and it led to misleading assumptions. He said that he has to be overly cautious on social media for the fear of being misunderstood.
A video shared by Bingoo Box on YouTube shows R Madhavan speaking at the launch of an app. He said, “I am an actor. I have all these people messaging me on Instagram and social media. I’ll tell you a simple example. A young girl messages me. ‘I saw this movie. I really loved it. I thought you’re a fabulous actor. Well done. You motivate me. And at the end of it, she puts lots of hearts and kisses and love symbols. Now, when there’s a fan who is talking to me in such detail, I am compelled to answer. So I always say ‘Thank you so much. Very kind of you. God bless you.’ This is my reply to her. What she does is, she takes a screenshot of my reply to her and makes it as a post on Instagram. Now, what do people see? Hearts and kisses and love things. And Maddy is replying to that.”
He further explained, “My intention was not to reply to that. My intent was to reply to a message. But because it’s a small thing you only see that symbol and say ‘Oh Maddie is talking to young girls’. If that is the fear I have… If I have to pussyfoot around every time I am putting a message on social media, can you imagine that somebody without my experience, how much trouble they’re going to get into?” He added that he is always overly cautious and is worries about how his messages could be perceived.
On the professional front, R Madhavan will next be seen in director Krishnakumar Ramakumar’s biopic on scientist G D Naidu, titled ‘G.D.N’. He will play the compelling character of G.D. Naidu, the visionary and national hero who also came to be known as the ‘Edison of India’ and the ‘Wealth Creator of Coimbatore.’ He will also be seen in Vijay’s upcoming pan-India psychological thriller film, alongside Kangana Ranaut. Madhavan will also share screen space with Fatima Sana Shaikh in the upcoming drama, ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’, on Netflix. He is also set to star with Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday in Sankaran Nair’s biopic.
