{"id":249503,"date":"2025-12-24T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249503\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:42:11","slug":"sivaji-doubles-down-on-his-statement-about-actresses-dressing-modestly-what-if-nidhhi-agerwals-clothes-had-slipped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/249503\/","title":{"rendered":"Sivaji doubles down on his statement about actresses dressing modestly: \u2018What if Nidhhi Agerwal’s clothes had slipped?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After two days of backlash following his statement on how actresses should dress, actor Sivaji <\/a>held a press conference in Hyderabad to address the issue. Blaming Nidhhi Agerwal\u2019s mobbing incident for \u2018provoking\u2019 him to speak about it, Sivaji doubled down on his statement, apologising only for the defamatory words he had used in his speech. (Also Read: \u2018Not the 1st time\u2019: After Sivaji claims to respect women in apology, internet digs out offensive videos from Bigg Boss<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Sivaji Sivaji says he was provoked by Nidhhi Agerwal’s mobbing to speak about actresses’ clothes. Sivaji apologises for \u2018unparliamentary words\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sivaji claimed that in all these years, he has never \u2018crossed his limits\u2019 while speaking about women. \u201cI still don\u2019t know how these words came out of my mouth. As soon as I finished my speech, I realised I had made a mistake. I sincerely apologise for using those two unparliamentary words,\u201d he said. The actor also said that it hurts him that his family would be embarrassed by others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI regret it from the bottom of my soul; it will haunt me for the rest of my life. I\u2019m only human,\u201d said Sivaji, before adding, \u201cBut I stand by the statement I had given; there\u2019s no backing down, and nobody to fear. Provoking is also a crime.\u201d For the unversed, Sivaji had termed actresses who don\u2019t dress modestly as \u2018daridrapu m***alu\u2019 (wretched women), criticising them for showing their \u2018saamaan\u2019 (assets).<\/p>\n

\u2018Provoked\u2019 by Nidhhi Agerwal\u2019s mobbing<\/strong><\/p>\n

While doubling down on his previous statement, Sivaji made comments about how Nidhhi <\/a>was dressed when she was mobbed at The Raja Saab event. \u201cWhat if Nidhhi Agerwal\u2019s clothes had slipped that day at Lulu Mall? Won\u2019t those videos be there for everyone to see for the rest of her life? Will anybody remove the videos even if asked? That is the situation that provoked me. She looked so embarrassed after getting into her car,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

The actor claimed that he had not seen Samantha Ruth Prabhu\u2019s video<\/a> of her getting mobbed at a store opening, but had heard of it. \u201cI did not watch Samantha garu\u2019s video, but was told what had happened. All I said was to wear modest clothes or a saree while going out for their safety. Who am I to tell anybody what to do? I did not mention anybody by name, and yet I have been vilified by people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCinema has often been blamed for influencing society; I did not want to give anyone the chance to do that,\u201d claimed Sivaji. Later in the press meet, he claimed that he did, in fact, watch Samantha’s video and that she had the \u2018advantage of wearing a saree\u2019, which is why she didn’t \u2018look uncomfortable\u2019. He also stated that he’s worried that if something untoward happens when actresses are mobbed, they might \u2018die by suicide\u2019.<\/p>\n

When a reporter pointed out that people are raped every day irrespective of age or dress, he claimed, \u201cMy point was only to say let’s be careful, not to moral police.\u201d When she asked him about his statements on Bigg Boss Telugu 7, he responded, \u201cI have crossed 50. That is how we speak in our village, irrespective of gender.\u201d He chalked down saying he wanted to \u2018stomp on her neck\u2019 to \u2018possessiveness\u2019 and \u2018protectiveness\u2019.<\/p>\n

Brings up Anasuya Bharadwaj, Chinmayi Sripada<\/p>\n

Sivaji also mentioned actor and TV host Anasuya Bharadwaj<\/a> by name, questioning why she was \u2018inserting herself\u2019 into the issue when he hadn\u2019t mentioned her at all. She was one among many who criticised him for moral policing women.<\/p>\n

When he said, \u201cI hope I get the chance to repay you someday, despite you calling me insecure,\u201d Sivaji was asked to clarify what he meant. \u201cI only meant that I will support her should she face something similar,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

Sivaji also pointed out that he noticed many on social media tagging Chinmayi, saying, \u201cI noticed people kept tagging, I forgot her name, who is she? Rahul’s wife. Yes, Chinmayi<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor also admitted that he had been served a summons by the Telangana Women’s Commission on the issue. \u201cEven if I have the support of people, what I said was wrong. But I know I haven’t made any other mistake,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, he claimed to be hurt that nobody who raised an issue with it had called him after the incident, and instead, it had been escalated. Sivaji also called out why others in the film industry who share such thoughts aren’t questioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After two days of backlash following his statement on how actresses should dress, actor Sivaji held a press…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,126132,126135,129932,129931],"class_list":{"0":"post-249503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-nidhhi-agerwal","14":"tag-nidhhi-agerwal-mobbed","15":"tag-sivaji-controversy","16":"tag-sivaji-on-nidhhi-agerwal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115775546666123371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}