Published 20:11 IST, May 7th 2020
Vijay Deverakonda says Telugu film industry is ready to take a stand against fake news
In an interview with a media publication, Vijay Deverakonda opened up about being a victim of scurrilous writing. Read on to know more.
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Telugu film industry has decided to take serious action on fake news. Reportedly, problem began when Arjun Reddy star Vijay Deverakonda was accused of missing funds that were raised by Vijay Deverakonda's foundation. Vijay Deverakonda rubbished rumour with a video where he mentioned name of some media portal and some or news portals, claiming that y publish fake scurrilous news. Soon after his video, a prominent face from Telugu Industry Mahesh Babu joined hands with Vijay Deverakonda to end fake journalism.
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Here is what Vijay Deverakonda said
In an interview with a media publication, Vijay spoke about need for Telugu film industry to take a stand against defamatory writing. On being asked why entertainment industry does t take a strong stand against scurrilous writing, Vijay said that people from entertainment industry have been patient and do t want to waste energy on negative people. He ded that each and everyone in Telugu film industry has been a victim of fake news.
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Vijay Deverakonda mentioned that since he uploed video, several actors, directors and producers called him up passionately. Vijay Deverakonda said that voices of people who were hurt for a long time were finally heard. Vijay Deverakonda believes that everything that has been bottled up for so long has come out and w it was right time to take action on fake news.
When Vijay Deverakonda was asked if he has been a victim of scurrilous writing, Vijay said that he cant even count number of times when he let it go because of his decency or laziness. On being asked if he was suing offending portals, Vijay said that it is being looked into w. Talking about outr in Telugu industry against fake news, Vijay said that Telugu industry is rey and everyone is taking a stand w. Vijay Deverakonda believes that people in industry will t sit quietly any more.
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ding furr, Vijay Deverakonda said that we need to clean up environment we work in. He mentioned that biggest worrying factor is that journalists are being forces to lower ir standards to survive in a market flooded with bait news. He believes that in end, everything is a business and everyone needs money to keep ir business concerns going. Vijay Deverakonda concluded by saying that this needs to stop w, and collectively as a society, we need to make it stop.
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20:11 IST, May 7th 2020