There is no denying the fact that social media has become a major platform through which people explicitly share what they feel about anything, be it applauding or criticizing somebody or pointing out fault in something. And this is from which even big B-Town celebs as well as the PM Modi itself cannot escape. However, they at times forget that they too can become a victim of people’s rage on web and this is why Raveena Tandon was trolled on Twitter and that too, for a 5-month old tweet.
It so happened that Raveena Tandon, a famous and much-loved actress of her time, shared a joke on Twitter which she found funny around 5 months back at the time of India-Pakistan World Cup that took place in February 2015. Although she made an attempt of defending what she tweeted, convincing that the so-called tweet was merely a joke, Twitter users did not forgive her for that and things got worse for her as more and more people started trolling the actress.
Let’s take a look at what happened:
Raveena Tandon tweeted the below joke on February 15:
https://twitter.com/TandonRaveena/status/566930212433039360
Atiya Zaidi, a Twitter user did not find it appropriate and hence complained about its poor taste:
@TandonRaveena It's in very poor taste. NOT amused.
— atiya zaidi (@atiyaz) February 15, 2015
Raveena took no time in reply to Zaidi’s tweet:
@atiyaz anand I loooooove blocking boring negative people!!!!! Hahahah
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) February 15, 2015
This made Zaidi really angry or hurt and he tweeted the following:
How our 'STARS' endorse stereotypes/gender insensitivity. No wonder Fair & Lovely sells. @TandonRaveena
cc @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/V6wFltwu3j— atiya zaidi (@atiyaz) July 14, 2015
Shortly there began a Twitter war and many other users also participated:
@atiyaz @TandonRaveena @iamsrk Celebrities frget they inspire unwittingly while they live their norml lives.For sm,insensitivity is boredom!
— Ruchika Talwar (@RuchikaTalwar) July 14, 2015
@TandonRaveena So wen reputable pub figs like urself lend suport to such crookd,corruptd&pitiable mindsets lik these,it hurts @atiyaz @imsrk
— Ruchika Talwar (@RuchikaTalwar) July 14, 2015
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz @TandonRaveena @iamsrk its not abt making fun,its abt viewing women as objects and trophies !
— R.G (@Jhaditya4u) July 14, 2015
@atiyaz may I venture that the most dangerous thing about Tandon's comparison is not even the "comparing on the basis of looks" thing but…
— Aditi Mittal (@awryaditi) July 14, 2015
@atiyaz …the fact that she is making women the "reward" and "spoils" of a "war" (cricket game in this case) in the most primitive sense…
— Aditi Mittal (@awryaditi) July 14, 2015
@akarryan An Icon has to behave like an Icon @TandonRaveena @atiyaz @ravsd88
— Abolokitesh (@Save__India) July 14, 2015
@atiyaz then they come on tv shows for women empowerment. Except few,bwood is full of hypocrites like @TandonRaveena
— HummingBird (@WorldwithoutRW) July 14, 2015
After this all, the actress tried to make her stand clear which proved to be of no use:
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz ths joke NT on looks!call corrupt politicians corrupt!to me,corrupt politicians shld b exiled frm r country,thrwn out
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
@TandonRaveena The saddest part is, you still didn't get my point. Sigh! @RuchikaTalwar
— atiya zaidi (@atiyaz) July 14, 2015
However, Twitter users dragged SRK too in this which was unacceptable on the part of Raveena who could not bear it for any longer:
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz why tag @srk?She wants his attention?or just didn't have anyone else to troll today?That too over a forwarded joke
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz also wonder why @atiyaz has reposted this after don't know how many months?isnt this a call for attention publicity
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz please learn to chill go watch some stand up comedy shows!They make fun of all of us including all heads of state
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
@RuchikaTalwar @atiyaz we have rubbish written about us all the time..and plus then to have judgements passed by people like you..
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
This is how finally the actress tried to put an end to it after a long tough day on Twitter:
Acha to ham chalte hain!! Thank you all for all the love compliments! Had an entertaining day,got trolled debated and laughed a lot ! Peace
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) July 14, 2015
What are your views over the complete matter? Was it merely a joke which had been mishandled by Twitter users? Share your opinion in the comments section below!