Malavika
Sha ma
ece tly
fou d
he self
caught
off
gua d
du i g
he
fi st-eve
i te actio
with
the
Ke ala
media.
Haili g
f om
Maha asht a,
she
had
t avelled
to
Ke ala
to
p omote
he
upcomi g
Malayalam
film
‘Khalifa:
The
I t o’.
But
the
p omotio al
eve t
took
a
awkwa d
tu
whe
a
epo te
posed
a
questio
to
he
about
beef.
Malavika
Sha ma
asked
“Did
you
like
beef?”
The
act ess
was
i te acti g
with
Ke ala’s
media
as
pa t
of
the
film’s
p omotio s
whe ,
ba ely
a
couple
of
mi utes
i ,
she
was
asked,
“Did
you
like
beef?”
The
questio
seemed
to
th ow
he
off
completely,
leavi g
he
visibly
take
aback.
Malavika
Sha ma
cla ifies
she
is
vegeta ia
Eve
though
the
questio
clea ly
caught
he
off
gua d,
Malavika
a swe ed
ho estly,
cla ifyi g
that
she
does ‘t
eat
meat.
“I
am
vegeta ia
so
I
have ‘t
t ied
beef,”
she
said.
The
mome t
was
caught
o
came a,
a d
the
video
has
si ce
go e
vi al
ac oss
social
media.
Malavika
Sha ma’s
video
spa ks
o li e
backlash
The
clip
has
si ce
go e
vi al,
d awi g
st o g
eactio s
f om
social
media
use s
who
c iticised
the
epo te
fo
aski g
such
a
questio .
Ma y
wo de ed
why
a
que y
about
beef
was
eve
eleva t
to
the
p omotio al
i te actio
i
the
fi st
place.
Netize s
eact
to
Malavika
Sha ma’s
vi al
mome t
Ma y
use s
felt
the
questio
was
out
of
place,
especially
give
that
this
was
Malavika’s
fi st
i te actio
with
Ke ala
media.
“Is
it
eally
ecessa y
to
ask
such
a
stupid
questio ?”
asked
a
X
use .
A othe
comme ted,
“They
just
wa t
to
c eate
ift.”
“I
se iously
do ‘t
u de sta d
thei
fetish
to
beef!
She’s
Malavika
Sha ma
Bdw
a d
is
a
vegeta ia
fo
obvious
easo s…
yet
these
beef
love s
had
to
ask
that
questio …
Ke ala
saa
100%
lite acy
saaa ,”
w ote
a othe
use .
A
fou th
use
questio ed,
“Act ess
Malavika
Sha ma
is
a
Hi du
with
B ahmi
he itage.
Why
would
a
jou alist
ask
he
if
she
ate
beef?
Will
the
same
jou alist
ask
a
muslim,
if
they
ate
po k?”.
Malavika
Sha ma’s
ca ee
a d
upcomi g
p ojects
Haili g
f om
Maha asht a,
Malavika
has
built
a
ca ee
spa i g
multiple
I dia
film
i dust ies,
a d
is
ow
expa di g
he
p ese ce
i to
Malayalam
ci ema
as
well.
She
has
p eviously
featu ed
i
Telugu
films
such
as
‘Red’,
‘Nela
Ticket’,
‘Ha om
Ha a’
a d
‘Bhimaa’.
He
upcomi g
p ojects
i clude
the
Malayalam
film
‘Khalifa:
The
I t o’
a d
the
Ka ada
film
‘B i daviha i’.