Celebrities stay active on social media and they see social media as an effective tool to be in touch with the fans and followers. Since the inception of the pandemic, celebrities are creating awareness of taking the required precautions.
On the flip side to social media, the celebrities receive abusive comments and trolls too. Compared to male celebrities, female celebrities are targeted more often by netizens and trolls.
Bengali small screen actress Shruti Das, who shot to fame with soap opera Trinayani in 2019, has been targeted for her skin color and trolled over the past two years. She had enough of the hate messages and actress Shruti Das filed a complaint with the cops.
The Trinayani actress Shruti Das said she had lodged a police complaint as she is unable to deal with the hate messages and trolls as the netizens are targeting her on personal grounds. After knowing that I am in a steady relationship with the Trinayani director, the trolls and attacks increased, she said.
Besides lodging a police complaint, the “Desher Maati” series actress Shruti Das took to Facebook to share the messages, she has been receiving. She had tagged the Kolkata Police. Police said they are looking into the matter.
21-year-old Shruti Das expressed her concerns over being targeted for skin colour and said, even her seniors were also targeted. They too experienced the same from the trolls, Ms. Das said.