India, June 24 -- Well known actor Dr Anil Kumar Rastogi on Wednesday answered back at comments by those he described as making fun of an awkward greeting moment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Padma awards ceremony on Tuesday, where President Droupadi Murmu conferred him with the prestigious Padma Shri.

The actor's response came under a post by Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale, who decoded the moment as "Modi's event management fail".

Gokhale made the remark as a caption with a video that showed Dr Rastogi walking to the stage to receive his Padma Shri and greeting PM Modi with folded hands midway, missing the handshake that the prime minister appeared to initiate.

As more reactions to the video surfaced, t...