Sonakshi Sinha on Ramayana Row: It’s Disheartening that people still troll me over one honest mistake!

At times social media can be very disturbing and off lately many celebrities having been facing unnecessary criticism. And Sonakshi Sinha’s knowledge about Ramayana continues to be a hot topic of discussion even months after her gaffe on Kaun Banega Crorepati. 

Ever since she made that minor error at the show, she has been getting trolled left, right, and center for the same. The re-run of this epic mythological show has only added to the Dabangg actress’s troubles.

During an interactive session with Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, she shared her side of the story and said that it was ‘disheartening’ to be trolled even now.

I participated with a contestant named Ruma Devi. A question was asked to us on Sanjeevani Booti, and for a moment, both Ruma and I went blank. Honestly, it was a bit embarrassing, since we have grown up reading and watching Ramayana. But it was really long ago, and we all tend to have moments when we go blank. Since then, it has been five to six months, and it’s disheartening that people still troll me over one honest mistake.

- Sonakshi Sinha

For the unversed, Sonakshi was caught in a sticky situation when she was asked Hanuman fetched the Sanjeevani herb for whom. When she used a lifeline, host Amitabh Bachchan schooled her for not knowing the answer, as her bungalow is called Ramayana, her father Shatrughan Sinha is named after the brother of Lord Rama, and even her brothers Luv and Kush derive their names from the sons of Lord Rama.

The actress added how trolls don’t understand Lord Ramayana by saying, “Ramayana was about Lord Rama teaching everyone how to be a better son, a better father, better husband and a better human, in general, and without realizing that learning from Lord Rama these people just sit and attack me.”

Previously, father and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha had come to Sonakshi’s rescue as he slammed Mukesh Khanna for taking a jibe at his daughter. 

Mukesh had recently said that the ongoing rerun of Ramayan and Mahabharat will help people like Sonakshi Sinha as they do not know about their own culture and literature.