CHENNAI: Actor Gouri Kishan has received widespread support from the Chennai Press Club, the Nadigar Sangam, filmmaker Pa Ranjith, and actor-politician Khushbu Sundar after she confronted a journalist for asking a question about her weight during a press meet for her upcoming film Others in Chennai.
The controversy began when a journalist asked Gouri’s co-star about her weight during the film’s promotional event on Thursday. Gouri immediately interrupted, calling the question “stupid” and “irrelevant” to the film. “I have not been asked a single question about the character I play or my preparation for the role. All they want to know is about my weight,” she said, urging journalists to stop normalising body-shaming and objectification of female actors.
Following the incident, the Chenna

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