Kannada star Shiva Rajkumar and his daughter, producer-actor Niveditha Shivarajkumar, have come out in help of Sapthami Gowda after she not too long ago slammed how footage and movies of actors are clicked at inappropriate angles. Shiva even termed it a ‘misfortune’ that in as we speak’s day and age, it needs to be identified that girls deserve respect.
Shiva Rajkumar, Niveditha in help of Sapthami Gowda
Shiva launched a observe in Kannada on his social media, captioning it, “#ActorsNotObjects.” He wrote, “Even nowadays, it’s our misfortune to be informed to respect girls. Please work with a conscience. Don’t disrespect girls and actresses.”
His daughter Niveditha echoed an identical sentiment as she wrote, “Regardless of her occupation, no girl deserves to be lowered to her physique. The best way girls are filmed, photographed, spoken about, and circulated displays who we’re as a society, and it’s the accountability of each particular person to make sure that the usual is at all times excessive. Let’s respect girls as individuals first. At all times.”
What did Sapthami Gowda say?
On Wednesday, Sapthami wrote a strongly worded Instagram put up calling out those that click on footage and movies that violate actresses’ dignity. She wrote, “As girls within the movie business, we stand collectively in addressing a recurring problem. Repeatedly, movies and pictures of feminine actors at public occasions are shot and circulated from inappropriate angles, with pointless zooms that target our our bodies quite than our work. This behaviour, carried out by just a few people, is disrespectful and unacceptable. We’re right here for our craft. We’re right here for our cinema.”
Slamming the ‘deliberate zoom-ins’, she added, “We unequivocally condemn deliberate zoom-ins and inappropriate angles. They’re clear violations of dignity and won’t be normalised or tolerated. We anticipate these overlaying occasions to keep up professionalism, primary respect, and decency.” Rukmini Vasanth, Ashika Ranganath, Divya Spandana and different actors additionally stood in help of Sapthami after she shared her observe.
“Let’s normalise respect – not violation. Deliberate zoom-ins and inappropriate angles are disrespectful and unacceptable,” wrote Ashika whereas posting the observe that Rukmini and Divya additionally re-shared. This isn’t the primary time actresses have raised considerations about how they’re being photographed at public occasions. Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Nora Fatehi, Zareen Khan, Ayesha Khan and others have expressed frustration with the ‘zoom-ins’ to physique elements.
Sapthami starred in Thammudu and Shodha in 2025 and can quickly star in The Rise of Ashoka. Shiva, who battled a well being problem in 2025, starred in 45 and can quickly be seen in Peddi and Jailer 2.