Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli on June 16 posted a video of wife Anushka Sharma scolding a man for littering the streets. As per the video, it looks like the couple was traveling early in the morning when they saw the man, who was sitting at the back of a car, throwing plastic on the road from the car. The man looks like a well-to-do one as he was traveling in a luxury car.
In the video, Anushka Sharma asked him to stop the car. And when he did, Anushka put her head out of the car and asked the man why he was throwing garbage on the road. She asked him not to throw plastic on the streets and to put them in the dustbin.
While the cricketer must have captured and posted this as a way to support his wife as well as to spread awareness about cleanliness, the video has received a mixed reaction from people on social media.
This is what Virat Kohli posted and wrote on his Twitter account:
Saw these people throwing garbage on the road & pulled them up rightfully. Travelling in a luxury car and brains gone for a toss. These people will keep our country clean? Yeah right! If you see something wrong happening like this, do the same & spread awareness. @AnushkaSharma pic.twitter.com/p8flrmcnba— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 16 June 2018
However, while the post had many reactions that support and appreciate Anushka for being brave enough to stand up and say what is wrong, there were many who termed the video as a cheap publicity stunt by the cricketer-actress couple.
Here are some of the reactions the tweet garnered:
Virushka, really a publicity stunt?
Making sense?I seriously think rather than Anushka Sharma, the guy that threw the garbage has become more famous because of Virat's tweet 🙄— Harsh Shah (@HarshSh39209739) 18 June 2018
Dude, you hate them doing that?But what's the point to face shaming someone on social media !! You should teach a lesson off the camera with less attitude :)— ❥ ਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ (@Deep_Kaur_) 17 June 2018
Is Anushka Sharma really likes to shout on the road and is disrespecting others?_|_ U 1st stop promoting unhealthy corporate products (like cool drinking) for money... then u both com nd talk lik this _|_— Weirdo😎 (@nightmare8838) 16 June 2018
Is it so, Virushka?Hello ma’am could u please make movie on this.. u taking up the lead role and spread awareness through it.. media has lot of power .. but not shouting on the road and disrespecting others.. please no posting is required on this.. we know how to talk..— Akash Rao (@AkashRao7766) 17 June 2018
Anushka’s mouth turned into a garbage?they follow swach bharat only on social media 😐?— अमित शाह (@itsamitshah) 17 June 2018
OMG!Traveling in a luxury car N @AnushkaSharma mouth turned into a garbage. How can u shout at a person just like that? Before teaching someone about cleanliness, pls u learn how to talk with common ppl.. If this had happened in a different way, it would be appreciated... @imVkohli— Aruna (@arunakumar3) 17 June 2018
So, our skipper made a terrible mistake this time?Dustbins are like rare things in India .Better provide funds for it @imVkohli and @AnushkaSharma as you have a lot to spend btw .— DicapOReo (@NauuMad) 16 June 2018
via- topyapsWhy are you recording your wife’s heroics and publishing it in social media??.. is this the first time you saw someone threw a plastic cover from a car?? If your intention was to advice him, first be friendly instead of being bossy.. this kinda attention seeking is so cheap😬— Achilles (@D_Conjurer) 16 June 2018
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