Jyothika held a press meet in Chennai recently to promote her upcoming Hindi film ‘Srikanth’, directed by Tushar Hiranandani and also starring Rajkummar Rao, Alaya F and Sharad Kelkar.
The actor ran into a bit of trouble when she was asked by a reporter why she didn’t vote in the recent elections, with netizens trolling her for her reply.
A reporter asked Jyothika, given that she backs message-driven films, why doesn’t she set an example in real life too and vote. The actor immediately chipped, “I vote every year.” When she was corrected that voting doesn’t take place every year, she agreed and continued, “At times we can be outstation, we can be sick, it’s a private thing. Sometimes privately also we vote, we might do it online, not everything is publicised. There is a private side to life and we need to respect that and give that space.”
Netizens were confused as to how Jyothika could vote online when everyone goes down to the voting booths to cast their votes.