Mahesh Babu, Samantha Akkineni, other celebs join Blackout Tuesday

Following death of George Floyd, people in US have taken to streets to protest in support of victim. t only celebrities but a lot of companies and corporate giants are also coming forward in support of Black community. Amid all of this, Hollywood music industry anunced a Black Out Tuesday on June 2 to stand in support of protestors and to condemn death of Floyd. A few celebrities from South Indian industry also took to ir social media to join blackout. 

Mahesh Babu, Samantha Akkineni, and ors join Blackout Tuesday

Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu took to his social media to post a blank im. He stood in solidarity with black community and let im speak for itself. Mahesh simply used hashtag #blackouttuesday in his caption. 

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Samantha Akkineni

Samantha Akkineni took to her social media to show her support for black community. Standing in solidarity with m, she shared a blacked-out im. Written across picture are words, "Muted. But listening but learning". hashtag Blackout Tuesday was also used in caption. 

Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan was also one of South-Indian actors that took a stand for black community. She also took to her social media stories to post a blacked-out im. Sharing flag of USA and a heart-break emoji, she used hashtags Black Lives Matter and Blackout Tuesday in caption. 

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Shruti Haasan

Among many ors, actor Shruti Haasan also took to her social media to stand in solidarity with black community. She shared a blank im on her Instagram and did t write any caption. Haasan only used hashtag Blackout Tuesday to show her support for movement. 

Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal also took to her social media stories to show her support for Black Lives Matter movement. She shared a blacked-out im with illustration of two people holding hands at top. She wrote in caption, "In Solidarity" and used hashtag Blackout Tuesday. 

What is Blackout Tuesday? 

Blackout anunced by music industry in Hollywood is asking for a day where show must be paused. organisers of event requested businesses and companies t to conduct business as usual on this day and asked m to pause and think about how to support Black community. companies and artists are to observe a silent protest on June 2. 

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