Despicable comment: ‘Heroines are evil bitches

In a shocking statement, Neha Gnanavel Raja, wife of top producer K.E. Gnanavel Raja, has lashed out at the heroines of the industry on her social media handle, calling them ‘bed-ready’, ‘evil bitches’ and ‘homewreckers’. Gnanavel Raja is known for making big-budget films like Suriya’s Singam series and has also been associated with Allu Aravind’s Geeta Arts and Prabhas’ UV Creations  to produce Tollywood films.

Neha used to design clothes for a few Telugu actors before she veered into costume designing for films like Surya and Jyothika’s Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Karthi’s Naan Mahan Alla and more recently, Singam 3, all of which were bankrolled by Gnanavel.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Neha accused some heroines of being ‘homewreckers’ who stalk producers. She also stated they were worse than sex workers, further calling them ‘evil bitches’. 

However, soon after the situation backfired on her. When people started questioning her whether her husband Gnanavel was having an extramarital affair, Neha quickly deleted the tweets from her social media handle.

She later clarified, “I am not here for attention or drama. My post is not my domestic problem, which I brought here. Nor do I have a problem with my husband. It is my encounters and incidents of many around us, as how these bitches constantly follow and chase married men. I had to delete the tweet as it wasn’t doing any good here, but I will reach wherever when it takes to bring a warning to all show women…(sic).”

Reacting to Neha’s comments, popular actress, filmmaker and host, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, says, “The posts are in bad taste. The way she has vented out her frustration by making generalisations on actresses with abusive language is in no way acceptable.” On the other hand, a well-known actress, on the condition of anonymity, says, “I haven’t read her tweets and came to know about it from friends. By reacting to her ranting, I don’t want to make her big. She might be talking like this because of personal frustration.”

Yet another actress Kasthuri, not afraid to speak her mind, says, “I think these tweets were an outburst of her rage. The very fact that they were deleted later on proves better sense must have prevailed. Because, if it were some kind of bold exposure, the tweets should have stayed online and not been removed.”

Kasthuri goes on to say, “On a general note, those who have personal problems should try and resolve them within the family and should not accuse all and sundry.”

—With inputs by Suresh Kavirayani