Thalapathy Vijay recently celebrated his 49th birthday, which created a continuous trend of his birthday hashtag on social media. Fans expressed their immense love and celebrated both online and offline. During their respective films with Vijay, namely Beast and Varisu, Pooja Hegde and Rashmika Mandanna professed to be ardent fans of Vijay, expressing their admiration for his aura.
They used to extend heartfelt birthday wishes to him with lengthy posts and shared posters of their upcoming films. However, this year, both Pooja and Rashmika have been noticeably absent in their birthday greetings. Particularly, Rashmika, who previously considered herself extremely fortunate to be cast as the heroine opposite Vijay in Varisu, has not posted any birthday wishes to him or shared the poster of his upcoming film Leo.
On the other hand, Pooja shared a small video of her and Vijay dancing to the Butta Bomma song, but it was a day late, and she also did not express any birthday wishes or wish him luck for his forthcoming film Leo. Fans are criticizing them, claiming that Pooja and Rashmika used Vijay’s name to gain more attention, followers, likes, and shares on social media.
The fans accuse both actresses of being opportunistic, sticking with Vijay only as long as they benefited from the association and abandoning him once their purpose was fulfilled. However, fans must realize that such dynamics are commonplace in the film industry.