Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal on Friday reacted to a social media web page claiming that he has handed away.
The actor shared screenshot of a Twitter web page that has his photograph with a condolence message in Hindi, asserting that “Paresh Rawal ji, a member of the film industry has passed away at 7am on 14th May, 2021”.
Reacting to the hoax with humour, the 65-year-old actor tweeted: “Sorry for the misunderstanding as I slept past 7am…!”
…Sorry for the misunderstanding as I slept previous 7am …! pic.twitter.com/3m7j8J54NF
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) May 14, 2021
The actor’s followers, nonetheless, will not be amused by the death hoax. While some expressed anger, others prayed for his lengthy life. Some followers additionally shared memes that includes the actor, for tackling the pretend information with humour.
“Action should be taken against this page. I can’t tolerate such kinds of joke. You are my fav sir. I pray god this day will never come,” commented a fan.
“Yes, this is bad in taste,” prompt one other fan.
“Some respect must be shown to all the living legends. They can’t have more likes n share (asTRP) by announcing someone’s death. Not acceptable in civilised Society,” tweeted one other fan.
On the work entrance, Rawal will subsequent be seen in “Hungama 2”, sequel to the 2003 movie “Hungama”. The movie additionally stars Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jaaferi and Pranitha Subhas.
