Actor Radha Ravi denies allegations made by singer Chinmayi, saying that the actor had anointed himself with the ‘Datuk’ title awarded by Malaysia.
Talking to Malai Murasu, Radha Ravi said, “Chinmayi has made a habit of speaking only lies. Earlier she tried to accuse poet Vairamuthu and ‘blackmail’ him, but she could not. So now she has come to me, while I have nothing to give her other than the truth. She is not even aware of who are given the ‘Datuk’ award in Malaysia. I have all evidences for the award I have received and I will unveil them as soon as I reach Chennai, as I’m in Pudukottai currently. I doubt that the letter released by Chinmayi is fake. I’m not going to leave her. The people who awarded me with the title itself will take action against her.”
On Thursday, when Radha Ravi was busy questioning the veracity of claims made by women during the #MeToo movement, Chinmayi unearthed a scam that exposed the dubbing union president as having anointed himself with the ‘Datuk’ title of Malaysia. It’s a prestigious award conferred by the Malaysian ruler, and its recipients include the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Jackie Chan.
The Dubbing Union President says all women in the MeToo campaign are doing this to extort money.
Not surprised about his comments but here is my question to him. https://t.co/qLBfTYEAvM
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) November 29, 2018
“The issue came up during a meeting I had with the other dubbing union members to understand the bylaws. That Mr Radha Ravi was awarded the title of ‘Datuk’ had always been under doubt. It was Mr Dasarathy who mentioned this,” Chinmayi had said.
“Radha Ravi claims to have received the award at a function organised at a private hotel here. This is not the usual practice with the awards as it is conferred in Malaysia itself,” she said. She then contacted a Malaysian official and confirmed that Radha Ravi was bestowed with no such honour.
She also posted the link to a portal which has details of those who have won the award. Radha Ravi’s credentials turned up no results.
Turns out his name is not the Govt records where other awardees that we would know of are Jackie Chan and Mr Shah Rukh Khan.https://t.co/k3jAeWgdcl
Enter their names in the field and you’ll find the year they have been awarded. There are corresponding news reports as well.— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) November 29, 2018
