On June 16, Virat Kohli posted a video that showed him recording a video from his car where his better half, Anushka Sharma, sitting beside him, is seen shouting at the car driving next to her. The reason - the man in the car was littering plastic on the road, and Anushka couldn't have any of it! Her actions were immediately appreciated by the who's who in Bollywood, like Karan Johar, who lauded her for giving a piece of mind to those who are littering the country. Even the people in power also appreciated the video, as they felt her actions aligned to 'Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan'.
However, not many on Twitter were happy with Anushka Sharma giving an earful to an offender (oh yes, he is). Some of them even went out to remind them that with this video, they have also broken traffic rules in the process. Like, Anushka Sharma was not wearing a seat-belt. And that Virat Kohli was using his mobile phone while driving to record the video. Check out the tweets below -
So Anushka ji was not wearing a seatbelt and Virat ji was using his phone while driving but its OK because they are promoting #SwachhBharat campaign. Such a joke. https://t.co/k72mvEkbPR
— Saumil Dave (@DSaumil13) June 17, 2018
So that's why she did it? This is extremely sad that a man was shamed like this.
Even Anushka wasn't wearing a seatbelt
Even Kohli was using phone for recording while his hands were on the steering.
Stop justifying this .
— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) June 17, 2018
Dear Virat,
We all love and respect what you do on the field. We also appreciate this initiative of yours. But I think it's ok to meme about this.
PS : Anushka ne seatbelt nahi pehna hai. Also, it's not cool to show middle finger to the crowd. https://t.co/indTq9EsnD
— SatyaNarayana Perapu (@Satya_perapu) June 16, 2018
So Anushka ji was not wearing a seatbelt and Virat ji was using his phone while driving but its OK because they are promoting #SwachhBharat campaign. Such a joke. https://t.co/k72mvEkbPR
— Saumil Dave (@DSaumil13) June 17, 2018
But have they really broken any traffic rules? For that we have to go back to the original video that Virat had posted.
Saw these people throwing garbage on the road & pulled them up rightfully. Travelling in a luxury car and brains gone for a toss. These people will keep our country clean? Yeah right! If you see something wrong happening like this, do the same & spread awareness. @AnushkaSharma pic.twitter.com/p8flrmcnba
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) June 16, 2018
As you can see, the car is stationary when Virat was filming the video and Anushka beckoned the other car. So why was there a need to wear a seatbelt in such situation? Also this looks like they were sitting in the backseat of the car, so Virat was not even driving! Even if he was sitting in the front, he is not steering so Virat is perfectly fine to take a video. So unless they were parked in a No Parking zone or something, we don't think Virat and Anushka have broken any rules.
So yeah people, when someone has the guts to call out on something that's going wrong, stop trolling them when you don't have the guts to do so yourself!
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 17, 2018 02:55 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).