Javed Akhtar gets corrected by social media users for calling Rashmika Mandanna a Tamil

Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar supported actress Rashmika Mandanna as she faced criticism for her Hindi accent.
Calling it a “fake and baseless linguistic superiority”, Javed Akhtar challenged those questioning her pronunciation to try speaking a few lines in Tamil themselves.

Taking to his official X (Earlier known as Twitter) timeline, Akhtar wrote, “Those who have any problem with the pronunciation of Tamil actor Rashmika should be given a few lines of Tamil which is the oldest spoken language in the world and let’s see how well they pronounce Tamil. This fake and baseless linguistic superiority is not acceptable. (sic)”

However, the users pointed out to Javed Akhtar in the comments section that Rashmika is a Kannada actor, who predominantly works in Telugu.

Correcting him, one of the netizens wrote in the comment section, “Very true sir, but she is from karnataka working predominately in telugu”