An alleged video clip showing Kannada actress Harshika Poonacha and Tamil actor Simbu in a lip-lock has been doing the rounds, and the former has finally broken her silence on the controversy. “I have been continuously ignoring the stupid comments on the alleged SIIMA (award show held in Malaysia recently) kissing video, but it doesn't seem to stop!“ she cleared the air on Monday evening through a tweet.
The kissing video, which has gone viral, has a caption stating that it is leaked from a CCTV footage of a hotel in Malaysia and unidentified people have identified the two in it as Harshika and Simbu. The awards function was held in Malaysia last month.
Simbu had already denied his involvement. Till date, Harshika
chose not to comment on the whole controversy. But the constant references to it on social mediahave
forced her to clear the air finally.“I hereby want to inform you all that it's not me in that alleged Superstar Simbu
& HarshikaPoonacha
video. Some jobless people hav
morphed it along with a pic
containing me & Simbu
. I did watch the video a few days ago & realised
it was morphed,” the actress said on the microblogging
site.” (sic) The actress, however, defended Simbu
and says he could not have done such a thing. “Simbu
would not get down to that level. So these jobless people are tryin
to create cheap publicity please do something
constructive!” (sic) Speaking to Mirror, Harshika
said, “I kept quiet all these days hoping the issue would die down. When I know it is not me, there was no reason for me to comment on it or complain against it. But many people began to irritate me sending messages, links of the video and making nasty comments. So I came out with the clarification. I hope this is the end of it and I can go on with my life. My only concern was about my family and friends. They know it is not me and nothing else matters.“ Harshika
says she did not complain to police because she has nothing to do with the clip. “I am tired of people linking it to me.Had I I asked the websites to delete it, people would have asked why I was chasing the matter if I was not involved. I also clarified about Simbu
. When I met him at the awards, he behaved in a gentle way. Andy (Aindrita
Ray), Diggi
(Diganth
) and I were all together when we met Simbu
. I have heard Simbu
has sued the hotel. But when it is not me, I see no reason to complain. But I want this to end. I stopped myself from responding till now and will not clarify again.“ Kissing controversies are new to Sandalwood.The most famous 'leaked' kiss is the one allegedly between director Ratnaja
and actress Amulya
which surfaced during the shooting of Premism
. Both alleged that it was morphed and they had nothing to do with it. But the damage was done already.