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Puneeth Rajkumar trends on social media amid the Darshan 'slipper' incident furore

Social media has become a battle ground yet again with the recent Hosapete incident growing more and more scandalous.

Puneeth Rajkumar trends on social media amid the Darshan 'slipper' incident furore
Darshan and Puneeth Rajkumar

Last Updated: 05.14 PM, Dec 20, 2022

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Challenging Star Darshan has been making the news for the last few weeks for reasons both good and bad. The superstar actor is currently busy promoting his upcoming film Kranti and has been interacting with fans personally in this pursuit but it would seem that, despite all his clear intentions, controversy follows him regardless. The recent incident in Hospet, wherein an alleged Puneeth Rajkumar fan attacked him with a slipper, has now made the headlines with the biggest of celebrities like Kiccha Sudeep coming out to voice their opinions.

In this vein, the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar has begun to trend on social media as netizens share their views on the Hosapete incident. On one hand, social media seems vehement and divided on the attack on Darshan, with fans belonging to either side of the so-called war unwilling to budge and call a truce. On the other, netizens have come forth with messages and posts of condemnation, echoing Sudeep's words that while Puneeth Rajkumar represented love, peace, and harmony, his fans' misdeeds should not tarnish that image of his. 

"Show love with admiration, not hatred," wrote a social media user as he shared a snippet from on old Puneeth Rajkumar interview.

"Being an Appu Fan I am not able to digest this 💔 & the culprit should be Prisoned And Punished. This should not Repeat to Any Persons!!" wrote another

Many would also draw parallels between the supposed Darshan - Puneeth Rajkumar rivalry and the one that dates back many decades, involving the superstars and legendary actors Dr. Rajkumar and Dr. Vishnuvardhan. In both cases, despite the superstars involved remaining on the best of terms throughout, the fandom around blew things out of proportion to cause an unwarranted mess for long periods of time. A similar incident that occurred many years ago, wherein a Rajkumar-Vishnuvardhan public appearance pulled a massive crowd and the latter ended up being attacked by a slipper, has now come to light again.

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