A file photo of Rishi Kapoor.
New Delhi:
Actor Rishi Kapoor's star billing on Twitter is mainly because of his extreme outspokenness and blithe disregard of diplomacy. Don't get us wrong, his tweets are oxygen to our days - but he does spend a lot of his time online explaining what he meant in his 140-character notes.
For the last two days, the 63-year-old star of films such as
Amar Akbar Anthony and
Rafoo Chakkar has been defending himself against charges of having been anti-Islamic and also anti-Prime Minister Modi in separate tweets.
Here's a run through of his tweets:
The offending tweets appear to be this one from PM Modi's appearance at Wembley in London:
And these responding to tweets from others urging Muslim clerics to condemn Islamist terror attacks:
Every so often, Mr Kapoor finds himself having to explain a joke he made to those who didn't find it funny. Some months ago, he briefly quit Twitter saying he was tired of being trolled. Within half a day, he was back. (Also Read:
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