Kannada star Shivarajkumar has apologised to Tamil actor Siddharth after the latter needed to stroll out of a press meet in Bengaluru not too long ago following protests from pro-Kannada outfits.
Actor Siddharth, was in Bengaluru on September 28 to advertise his current movie Chithha and he had reportedly organised a particular screening of the movie for presspersons within the metropolis. Nonetheless, because the actor was interacting with the press, a number of members of pro-Kannada outfits walked in and disrupted the press meet. The protesters requested the actor to cease the press meet and the actor needed to stroll out of the occasion halfway. The actor, who can be the movie’s producer mentioned he incurred an enormous loss later in an Instagram dwell.
The actor mentioned he had plans to display the movie to Kannada stars that night time however needed to cancel it owing to the bandh. Nonetheless, Kannada actors got here in help of Siddharth and expressed remorse over the incident.
Kannada star Shivarajkumar in a public assembly apologised to the actor for the incident. “On behalf of our business, I’m very sorry Siddharth. Ours is a land that loves and enjoys all languages,” NDTV reported quoting the actor. Shivarajakumar urged that Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ought to come collectively to resolve Cauvery subject with out hurting sentiments.
Earlier, actor Prakash Raj additionally expressed remorse over the incident. “As a substitute of questioning all of the political events and its leaders for failing to resolve this decades-old subject… as a substitute of questioning the ineffective parliamentarians who aren’t pressurising the centre to intervene… Troubling the frequent man and Artists like this cannot be accepted.. as a Kannadiga .. on behalf of Kannadigas. Sorry,” the actor tweeted.