Actress Nithya Menen, who works in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films, revealed that she has been harassed by a ‘viral film reviewer’. Without revealing the name of the person, she said that she went through all this when her mother was recovering from cancer.
In a recent interview, she said that he has harassed her for six years and “began to speak” about her publically after “he became viral”.
She was quoted as saying by Pinkvilla, “Those who believe whatever he says are the real fools. He has been harassing me for a long time. He began to speak about me publicly after he became viral. He has been bothering me for more than six years.”
She further revealed that she has shown “incredible patience” despite everyone asking her to file a police complaint. She further opened up about the reviewer calling her parents and one day, finally they raised their voice at him.
She said, ” I have shown incredible patience despite everyone asking me to file a police complaint. He would call my parents on their phones. Finally, even they had to raise their voice after losing their patients. He would always call even when my mother was recovering from cancer. I have seen my father and mother, who are usually gentle and calm, speak angrily to him. I told them to block his number.”
She concluded by saying that she had to block almost 30 phone numbers that the reviewer owns. She said, “I had to block almost thirty phone numbers that he owns.”
Meanwhile, on the work front, she was last seen in the pan-India hit film, Major. She is currently working as a director Salaam Venky starring Kajol and Vishal Jethwa. She was also seen in Modern Love Hyderabad, which premiered on Prime Video.