Why so much venom?: R Madhavan reacts after being trolled for misquoting number of Indian Twitter users
R Madhavan, who is awaiting the release of his film 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' responded to a Twitter user who trolled him for saying that only 25 lakh Indians are on Twitter. 'I am exhausted sleep deprived,' the actor responded.
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NEW DELHI: R Madhavan is gearing up for the release of his film 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect'. The '3 Idiots' actor has been extensively promoting his upcoming biographical drama, which is based on the life of scientist Nambi Narayanan.
However, days before the film hits the screen, the actor has been hitting the limelight for not so good reaons. The actor was recently trolled after he misquoted the number of Indian people on Twitter.
A social media user had shared a video to slam Madhavan for stating that only 25 Lacs people in India are on Twitter, instead of 250 lakh. His now-deleted tweet read, "Madhavansplaining: This @ActorMadhavan is spewing non stop nonsense to promote his film and it is only getting more and more laughable with every passing day. Isn’t there any other way to promote his film than this?"
However, instead of getting offended, Madhavan chose to gave it back to the Twitter user with a powerful reply. He wrote, "Easy bro.. you are a sportsman.. I am exhausted sleep deprived, so said less than 25lakhs instead of 250 lakhs .. but the point was it still less that 1.7% of the population – which was my point .. why so much venom bro.. not good for your sport."
R Madhavan trolled for 'ISRO used panchang' remark
R Madhavan was recently made fun of when he mentioned that ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) used the panchang, a historical almanac based on planetary positions, to launch the Mars Orbiter Mission earlier this month.
At a promotional event of his upcoming film 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' in Chennai last week, Madhavan had said the 'panchang' has a celestial map of calculations on the positions of planets, how their gravitational forces act, its effects, the solar flares, etc. Which was used while working towards inserting the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft into orbit in 2014.
A video from the event went viral on social media over the weekend with many users calling out the actor, in response to which Madhavan tweeted: "I deserve this for calling the Almanac the 'Panchang' in tamil. Very ignorant of me. Though this cannot take away for the fact that what was achieved with just 2 engines by us in the Mars Mission. A record by itself. @NambiNOfficial Vikas engine is a rockstar (sic)."
Among those who hit out at Madhavan for his comments was noted Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna. Taking a jibe at the actor's statement in his tweet, Krishna shared the link to Mars Orbiter Mission profile from ISRO's official website.