Rahul Ravindran responds to trolls over The Girlfriend amid Ketan Agarwal-Siya Goyal case | Telugu News
Director Rahul Ravindran has hit back at online trolls after his 2025 film The Girlfriend, starring Rashmika Mandanna and Dheekshith Shetty, came under renewed scrutiny following the recent Ketan Agarwal-Siya Goyal case. Social media users questioned why he chose to make a film about a woman’s experiences instead of highlighting crimes against men. The criticism soon extended to Rahul’s wife, singer Chinmayi Sripaada, after she defended him on X (formerly Twitter). As the debate escalated, Rahul issued a series of posts responding to the backlash and defending both his film and his wife. The controversy began after an X user shared a still from The Girlfriend alongside an AI-generated image depicting Siya allegedly pushing Ketan off a cliff while her reported boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary, stood behind her. The user wrote, “They show this, to hide this,” before adding, “Bro @23_rahulr please do one movie on atrocities of women on men.” Rahul responded by drawing a distinction between crimes committed by individuals and systemic issues faced by women. “But I don’t see atrocities of ‘women’ on …








