R
Madhava
questio s
c iticism
of
‘Dhu a dha ’
a d
‘Rocket y’
says
po t ayi g
I dia
ide tity
ca ot
be
a
c ime:
‘I
do ’t
u de sta d
how
bei g
a
I dia
ca
be
see
as
w o g
thi g’
R
Madhava
has
espo ded
to
the
c iticism
su ou di g
his
ece t
films
a d
his
views
o
ep ese ti g
I dia
o
sc ee .
The
acto ,
who
featu ed
i
Aditya
Dha ’s
‘Dhu a dha ’
f a chise
a d
di ected
‘Rocket y:
The
Nambi
Effect’,
said
he
does
ot
u de sta d
why
exp essi g
p ide
i
I dia
ide tity
o
showcasi g
the
cou t y’s
positive
aspects
should
automatically
i vite
accusatio s
of
p opaga da.
R
Madhava
explai s
his
app oach
to
politics
a d
public
opi io
Madhava
said
his
views
have
la gely
bee
shaped
by
what
he
was
taught
while
g owi g
up,
pa ticula ly
the
impo ta ce
of
the
cou t y
a d
co t ibuti g
positively
to
it.
He
also
st essed
that
he
has
eve
alig ed
himself
publicly
with
a y
pa ticula
political
pa ty
o
leade .
“Eve ybody
is
a
p oduct
of
thei
co ditio i g.
F om
a
you g
age,
I
was
taught
that
ou
cou t y
is
the
most
impo ta t
to
us,
as
well
as
what
we
do
fo
it.
If
you
look
at
my
social
media
posts
o
i te views,
you
ca
see
that
I
have
eve
spoke
ill
of
a y
political
pa ty,
politicia ,
o
political
leade .
If
someo e
does
somethi g
good,
like
Stali
si
(fo me
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Mi iste
MK
Stali ),
fo
i sta ce,
I
p aise
them
immediately,”
he
said
du i g
a
co ve satio
with
Galatta
Plus.The
acto
explai ed
that
he
p efe s
to
speak
whe
he
ge ui ely
believes
somethi g
dese ves
app eciatio ,
while
stayi g
away
f om
subjects
about
which
he
is
u ce tai .“I
have
decided
that
I
will
do
o ly
good,
a d
if
I
have
doubts
about
somethi g,
I
wo ’t
talk
about
it.
Whe
a
elected
politicia
becomes
a
P ime
Mi iste
o
a
Chief
Mi iste ,
I
believe
it
is
my
duty
to
suppo t
them.
To
date,
o
pa ty
—
be
it
Tamil
Nadu
o
at
the
atio al
level
–
has
app oached
me
aski g
me
to
p omote
them,
o
i viti g
me
to
joi
them.”
Why
c iticism
o
social
media
does
ot
i flue ce
R
Madhava
Madhava
also
spoke
about
eactio s
to
his
social
media
posts
a d
said
he
does
ot
allow
o li e
c iticism
to
dictate
what
he
chooses
to
exp ess.
Acco di g
to
him,
people
may
eact
out
of
f ust atio ,
but
that
does
ot
mea
he
should
stop
ack owledgi g
achieveme ts
that
make
him
p oud
of
the
cou t y.“If
somethi g
good
is
happe i g
i
ou
cou t y…
Fo
i sta ce,
if
I
post
about
a
spo tspe so
who
is
pe fo mi g
well
a d
b i gi g
the
atio
fame,
that’s
because
I
feel
that’s
the
ight
thi g
to
do.
If
someo e’s
maki g
me
feel
bad
about
that,
the
I
will
questio
thei
i te t,”
he
said.
R
Madhava
challe ges
the
p opaga da
tag
The
discussio
also
tu ed
towa ds
‘Dhu a dha ’,
which
eceived
both
p aise
a d
c iticism
despite
its
comme cial
success.
Some
sectio s
of
the
audie ce
desc ibed
the
Ra vee
Si gh-led
spy
th ille
a d
its
sequel,
‘Dhu a dha :
The
Reve ge’,
as
p opaga da.Madhava
poi ted
out
that
he
had
e cou te ed
a
simila
debate
afte
maki g
‘Rocket y:
The
Nambi
Effect’.
The
film,
based
o
ae ospace
scie tist
Nambi
Na aya a ’s
life,
was
c iticised
by
some
fo
p ese ti g
a
st o gly
I dia
pe spective.Respo di g
to
the
idea
that
a
film
ca
be
“ove ly
I dia ”,
Madhava
questio ed
the
p emise
itself.“I
do ’t
u de sta d
how
bei g
a
I dia
ca
be
see
as
a
w o g
thi g.”He
fu the
explai ed
why
he
does
ot
co side
po t ayi g
I dia
cultu e
o
ide tity
i
a
film
to
be
i he e tly
political.“What
does
it
mea
by
‘bei g
ove ly
I dia ’?
I
do ’t
k ow.
Is
it
ot
okay
to
show
myself
as
bei g
‘too
I dia ’?
I
do ’t
k ow.
That’s
ot
my
co ditio i g;
I
showed
that.
This
is
ot
eve
a
political
stateme t.
Dhu a dha
was
based
i
Pakista .
Good
a d
bad
thi gs
happe
the e
as
well,
just
as
much
as
they
do
i
I dia.
So,
I
do ’t
u de sta d
what
the
‘p opaga da’
i
it
is,”
he
said.
Stayi g
faithful
to
Nambi
Na aya a ’s
sto y
Madhava
also
defe ded
the
choices
he
made
while
po t ayi g
Nambi
Na aya a
i
‘Rocket y’.
He
a gued
that
depicti g
aspects
of
a
pe so ’s
life
accu ately
should
ot
be
i te p eted
as
the
filmmake
e do si g
a
pa ticula
ideology.“I
Nambi
si ’s
(ae ospace
scie tist
Nambi
Na aya a )
case,
I
o ly
showed
what
happe ed
i
his
life.
How
ca
I
be
ho est
with
the
sto y
if
I
am
af aid
to
show
who
he
eally
is?
He
is
a
pe so
who
goes
to
the
temple.
GD
Naidu
(i ve to
a d
e gi ee ),
o
the
othe
ha d,
is
a
astik
(atheist).
So,
we
ca ’t
show
such
thi gs
(him
goi g
to
temples)
i
the
movie.
I
have
to
be
t ue
to
that
cha acte .”Madhava
added
that
a
acto ’s
po t ayal
of
a
cha acte
should
ot
automatically
be
co fused
with
his
pe so al
beliefs.“Because
of
that,
o e
ca ’t
say
that
I
do ’t
believe
i
god
o
vice
ve sa.
I
am
a
acto ,
a d
my
job
is
to
po t ay
thi gs
as
they
a e.
My
pe so al
opi io
is
that
I
wa t
to
e ha ce
all
the
good
thi gs
about
I dia.
That
ca ot
be
a
c ime.”
His
method
of
ide tifyi g
o li e
t olls
Madhava
also
sha ed
how
he
assesses
whethe
c iticism
comi g
his
way
o li e
is
ge ui e.
Rathe
tha
focusi g
o ly
o
the
co te t
of
a
comme t,
he
said
he
checks
the
accou t
behi d
it.“Look
at
thei
comme t
fi st,
a d
the
fi d
out
whe
they
c eated
thei
accou t,
a d
how
ma y
followe s
they
have.
Th ough
these
steps,
o e
ca
easily
figu e
out
if
it’s
a
bot
o
a
paid
accou t.”Madhava
was
most
ece tly
see
i
‘GDN’,
di ected
by
K ish akuma
Ramakuma .
The
film
is
based
o
the
life
of
i ve to
a d
e gi ee
GD
Naidu,
with
Madhava
playi g
the
titula
ole.
Sathya aj,
Jaya am,
P iyama i
a d
Dusha a
Vijaya
also
featu e
i
key
oles.
