Shah Rukh Khan gets slammed for ‘disrespecting’ Ram Charan at Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding bash

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Bollywood actor looked for Ram Charan to join them on stage. “Where are you, Ram Charan?" he kept asking as he seemingly wanted the RRR star to join the three Khan in the performance. During this time, in apparent jest, SRK started speaking gibberish Telugu, which included the word “idli".

Not everyone was impressed with it while some of them accused SRK of being racist. “Shahrukh Khan is being racist to South Indians by calling "Ram Charan idli" after a South Indian director gave him the biggest hit of his career," wrote one use on X (formerly Twitter) while referring to Atlee who directed Jawan. “When ego of an actor like Shahrukh shoots up above his head, this is expected.

His average acting was just hyped by some of his fans. I am not a big fan of him," said another. Things got more intense when Ram Charan’s make-up artist Zeba Hassan Zaidi joined in the conversation.

As per a screenshot of her Instagram Story that is doing rounds on social media, she walked out of the celebrations after the incident. "Bhend idly vada Ram charan kahan hai tu"?? I walked out after this. So disrespectful towards a star like @alwaysramcharan," she apparently wrote in her Insta Story.

The Story is, however, not available at the moment. It is unclear if she’s deleted it. However, her comment on a video shared on Instagram is still there.

“I’m a huge srk fan but I really disliked the way he called ram charan on stage," she wrote. Zeba also wrote a detailed post on her Instagram Story. “Coming from the industry it's so saddening to say that all the South Indian stars, artists etc are not really appreciated or given the respect that we all deserve," she wrote.