Tamil actor Vijay has said he is against the culture of abusing women for expressing their views on social media and other online platforms.
“I respect women a lot. Everybody has the right to criticise anyone's film. I believe no women should be spoken of in a demeaning way no matter what happens. We all have to praise womanhood,” Vijay said in a statement.
He added: “Nobody should pass hurtful comments against women on social media.”
His statement comes days after his fans abused and sexually harassed a woman journalist, Dhanya Rajendran, on Twitter.
On Wednesday, Dhanya lodged a complaint with Cyber Crime Branch of police in Chennai against four anonymous Twitter handles.
Vijay's fans targeted the journalist after she tweeted that she walked out of a screening of Vijay's film Sura a few years ago and compared the bad experience with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jab Harry Met Sejal.
The fans passed sexual remarks against Dhanya and dragged her family as well as colleagues for insulting their star.
