Actor Siddharth took to social media on Tuesday, December 27, alleging that his parents were “harassed” by security personnel at the Madurai airport in Tamil Nadu. Sharing an image from the airport as an Instagram story, he alleged that the security personnel made his parents remove coins from their bags, and repeatedly spoke to them in Hindi despite the latter's request to converse in English. Siddharth also said that when they “protested”, the security personnel responded saying, "In India, this is how it is."
"Harassed for 20 mins @ Madurai airport by CRPF. They made my senior parents remove coins from their bags! And repeatedly talked to us in Hindi after being told to speak in English," Siddharth wrote on his Instagram story. He also added, “When they protested they said in India this is how it is. Jobless people showing off power.” The security in airports is handled by the Central Industrial Security Force or CISF. However, the actor made allegations against the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) on his Instagram story.
Responding to actor Siddharth’s allegation, Member of Parliament (MP) from Madurai Constituency Su Venkatesan tweeted on December 28 that he has requested the authorities in Madurai airport to conduct an enquiry about the improper conduct of CISF personnel. “I have requested the @aaimduairport to conduct an enquiry into the allegations of actor Siddharth about the improper conduct of CISF personnel in Madurai airport who demanded to be spoken to in Hindi,” the tweet read.
I have requested the @aaimduairport to conduct an enquiry into the allegations of actor Siddharth about the improper conduct of CISF personnel in Madurai airport who demanded to be spoken to in Hindi#Siddharth #Actor #Tamil #StopHindiImposition pic.twitter.com/BmvtxB3lss
— Su Venkatesan MP (@SuVe4Madurai) December 28, 2022
Siddharth predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Hindi films. He was last seen in the Telugu film Maha Samudram which was helmed by director Ajay Bhupathi and co-starred actors Sharwanand, Aditi Rao Hydari and Anu Emmanuel. Maha Samudram opened to mixed responses from critics. Chaitan Bharadwaj was on board as the music composer for the project, while Anil Sunkara produced the movie. He bankrolled the film under the banner of AK Entertainments. Praveen KL and Raj Thota were roped in as the editor and cinematographer, respectively.
He also has director Shankar’s upcoming movie Indian 2, the sequel of the hit 1996 Tamil film Indian, in the pipeline. It stars Kamal Haasan in the lead role, while the ensemble cast also includes actors Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Bobby Simha, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Nedumudi Venu and Delhi Ganesh.