Mumbai: Several tinsel celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have extended support to the needy amid the COVID-19 crisis. Sonal Chauhan, who made her Bollywood debut with ‘Jannat’, distributed biscuits and water bottles to people outside a temple in Mumbai on Saturday (May 22) afternoon. However, her act of kindness faced criticism from the netizens after her video from the temple went viral on social media.
Many Instagram users expressed their displeasure over the video and accused the ‘Rainbow’ actress for doing things ‘for the sake of publicity’. Some users asked her to serve the poor without any cameras rolling around her while others requested her to offer food items like pulses, rice and fruits.
One user wrote, “She's more concerned about her hair. Charity is more for the camera.” Another user commented, “Dena hai to mid-day meal do, parle-g se pet nahi bharta madam (Offer them full meal as biscuits won’t fill their stomach).” “Doing for publicity,” a user wrote.
"I mean atleast provide them a full meal if you plan to advertise it on social platforms," one Insta user said.
Some fans supported Sonal after she became the victim of trolls on social media. They lauded her for taking efforts to feed the poor amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Sonal shared a post on her Instagram story to encourage fans to help the needy amid the pandemic. She wrote, “Please help the needy in whatever capacity you can. If we help one another, we can make sure nobody sleeps hungry. Because there is enough food out there for everyone... just that some don't have the means to buy it.”
On the professional front, Sonal Chauhan was last seen in ‘The Power’. The action thriller co-starring Vidyut Jammwal, Shruti Haasan and Prateik Babbar premiered on ZEEPlex on January 14, 2021.
Watch this space for more updates!