Director and actor Rahul Ravindran Announced that X (formerly Twitter) would be deleted after receiving abusive messages and death threats. The attacks began amid a debate related to the murder of Ketan Agarwal.
Rahul Ravindran opens up about abuse
Sharing his decision, the Girlfriends director said that he wanted to move away from the X platform for a long time but he continued to use it as it was a good place to follow sports, especially Indian sports other than cricket. However, while watching the ongoing FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and Japan, he wanted to check out a football-related account. Instead, he clicked on a notification. “Unfortunately, I also checked my notifications by mistake,” he said. I saw this tweet. I wish I hadn’t. “The ‘Jigra’ actor said the comments filled him with anger and affected him deeply. He explained that reading the messages changed his mood and emotions and made him feel uncomfortable.
Rahul Ravindran What do you think after reading this review?
He wrote: “I kept staring at it for a long time, filled with rage. I wanted to find this guy and do something unspeakable to him. The urge was very real. I couldn’t help but vividly think of the scene in my mind. My usual response to anger is to tell myself to calm down. But this time I didn’t want to vividly think of the scene in my mind. My usual response to anger is to tell myself to calm down but this time, my head was hot.“He added, “I don’t like the person he has become after reading these posts.” He said he doesn’t want any social media platform to have this kind of control over his feelings.Rahul Ravindran also wrote, “Maybe I’m overreacting. Maybe it’s my fault, maybe I and my kids deserve this hate.” Even after saying this, he confirmed that he was deleting the app from his phone.
About the question
For the uninitiated, the question started when an X user asked Rahul Ravindran if he would make a film about “atrocities against men” since he had directed Rashmika Mandanna Starring in “Girlfriend”. Rahul replied that society is patriarchal in nature. His response sparked heated debate on social media. Soon, he and his family were the targets of physical attacks.
