3 min learnHyderabadUp to date: Jun 29, 2026 10:24 AM IST
Actress and politician Khushbu Sundar has hit again at social media customers who criticised her for persevering with to share pictures from her daughter Avantika’s marriage ceremony inside 48 hours of veteran filmmaker Ok Bhagyaraj’s dying, saying she has each proper to rejoice her household’s happiness whereas additionally mourning the lack of an in depth good friend.
The noise started after Khushbu Sundar posted a candid {photograph} along with her husband, director Sundar C, from the marriage festivities in Goa, the place their elder daughter Avantika married Shravan Sreenivasan this week in a star studded ceremony attended by Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Venkatesh, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Trisha Krishnan and Amala Akkineni, amongst others. Bhagyaraj himself had been among the many company on the marriage ceremony, with a clip from the occasion exhibiting him warmly greeting Chiranjeevi. After his last public look within the marriage ceremony, on Saturday, Bhagyaraj died in Chennai, sending the Tamil movie trade into mourning
As tributes for Bhagyaraj poured in, a piece of social media customers questioned whether or not it was applicable for Khushbu Sundar to maintain posting cheerful marriage ceremony content material given the timing. One consumer commented, “Is that this publish actually required now? When the state is mourning the lack of Bhagyaraj sir,” whereas one other wrote that “not each grief belongs to us, not each ache is ours to hold.”
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Khushbu Sundar didn’t let the criticism slide. Responding on to one of many feedback beneath her Instagram publish, she wrote, “Why observe me then?? Solely to criticise?? My daughter obtained married not even 48 hours earlier than. And who is aware of Poornima higher? You or me?? When you discover it tough, cease following me. I’m higher off with out folks such as you. I’ve all the suitable to be completely satisfied.” The reference to Poornima was to Bhagyaraj’s spouse, actress Poornima Bhagyaraj.
At the same time as she defended her marriage ceremony posts, Khushbu Sundar had individually paid tribute to Bhagyaraj on Instagram, sharing {a photograph} of him with the message, “Relaxation in peace Sir. My humorous moments with you’ll stay etched in my reminiscence perpetually. I’ll miss you.”
‘Full state honours’
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay introduced that Ok Bhagyaraj could be accorded full state honours in recognition of his contribution to cinema. Bhagyaraj is survived by his spouse, former actress Poornima Bhagyaraj, daughter Saranya and son, actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj. Vijay, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Dhanush and Nayanthara had been amongst those that paid their last respects.
