{"id":530973,"date":"2026-03-10T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530973\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:58:09","slug":"trisha-krishnan-r-parthiban-explains-controversial-remark-about-trisha-krishnan-says-comment-was-made-in-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530973\/","title":{"rendered":"Trisha Krishnan: R. Parthiban explains controversial remark about Trisha Krishnan; says, ‘comment was made in anger’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"R.Actor-director R. Parthiban addressed controversy over his remarks about Trisha Krishnan, explaining his comments were not planned and made in anger. He clarified his intention wasn’t to suggest women should stay home, especially regarding Trisha’s appearance at Vijay’s reception. Parthiban expressed regret for the misunderstanding and acknowledged Trisha’s right to respond. Actor-director R. Parthiban has spoken about the controversy surrounding his remarks about Trisha Krishnan during an award show. The ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ actor addressed the issue through an almost eight-minute video.As reported by India Today, in the video, Parthiban explained the context behind his comments and clarified his intentions and healso responded to Trisha\u2019s allegation that he had requested the organisers to display her photograph on stage. <\/p>\n

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The controversy began after Parthiban made a remark during the event that many viewers considered inappropriate. Referring to Trisha\u2019s character Kundhavai from Ponniyin Selvan, he said, \u201cIndha Kundavaiye konjaneram kunthavaikkirathu nallathu (It is better to ask this Kundavai to sit at home for a while).\u201d The remark drew criticism online and Trisha later reacted strongly to the statement on social media.<\/p>\n

Trisha Krishnan responds to the comment<\/p>\n

After the clip circulated online, Trisha Krishnan posted a response on social media criticising the remark. In her message, the actress wrote, \u201cA microphone doesn\u2019t make a comment intelligent or humorous. It just makes stupidity louder.\u201dIn his video statement, R. Parthiban attempted to explain his perspective. He began by distinguishing between a mistake and deliberate wrongdoing.He said, \u201cA mistake is doing something unknowingly. A wrongdoing is doing something willingly. Let me be clear about both.\u201dParthiban confirmed that Trisha\u2019s photograph appeared on the screen while he was speaking about actors Vijay and Ajith Kumar during the event. He insisted that the appearance of the image had not been planned by him. However, he acknowledged reacting emotionally when he saw it.According to Parthiban, \u201cYes, Trisha’s photo came up when I was speaking about Vijay and Ajith at the Galatta event. I was shocked. I didn’t plan it. But when it appeared, I said what I felt.\u201d He also added, \u201cI said it in anger. And I meant it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comments about Vijay\u2019s reception appearance<\/p>\n

During the video, Parthiban also spoke about the discussion surrounding Trisha\u2019s appearance at a wedding reception with Vijay.He said the situation had been widely discussed at the time. According to Parthiban, some people believed the appearance had political implications for Vijay.Parthiban stated, \u201cTrisha is 40+ years old. She knew what attending Vijay’s wedding reception meant for his political image. She should have stayed home.\u201dHe also referred to opinions expressed by others, including a journalist who shared a similar view.Parthiban added that Vijay had crossed many obstacles to reach his current position and also noted that the actor\u2019s political journey is not easy.<\/p>\n

Regret, clarification and closing remarks<\/p>\n

Parthiban said he later realised that his comment had been interpreted in a different way and some viewers believed he was suggesting that women should remain indoors.He clarified that this was not his intention and expressed regret over the misunderstanding.The filmmaker explained that journalist Rangaraj Pandey had warned him after the event that the comment might cause controversy. Following that advice, Parthiban said he asked the organisers to delete the clip. However, it had already circulated online.He also mentioned preparing a note expressing regret and recording a video for International Women\u2019s Day. Parthiban later reacted to Trisha\u2019s response as well, stating, \u201cI was affected by a third person and her third-rated tweet (X post).\u201dAt the same time, he emphasised that he does not object to her right to criticise him. Concluding his statement he thanked those who supported him during the controversy and said he remained committed to speaking the truth as he sees it.On the work front, Parthiban was last seen in Dhanush’s ‘Idly Kadai’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor-director R. Parthiban addressed controversy over his remarks about Trisha Krishnan, explaining his comments were not planned and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,263721,263720,263723,128548,263722,75912],"class_list":["post-530973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-ponniyin-selvan","tag-r-parthiban-trisha-krishnan-controversy","tag-r-parthiban-video-statement","tag-social-media-backlash","tag-trisha-krishnan-response","tag-womens-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}