India, March 16 -- Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has been facing a wave of trolling on social media after she publicly called out Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth for congratulating poet and lyricist Vairamuthu on being selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award. Chinmayi, who was among the women who named the lyricist during the MeToo movement, has now addressed the backlash, explaining why she chose to criticise the Tamil superstars and asserting that she has every right to voice her disappointment.

Vairamuthu has become the third Tamil writer, after novelists Akilan (1975) and Jayakanthan (2002), to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary honour. However, the news met with mixed reactions as in 2018, multiple women...