India, Oct. 30 -- Actor Prakash Raj is known for being vocal about his politics both online and in person. The actor's honesty has often left people with polarising opinions. His wife, choreographer Pony Varma, says his friend, activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder in 2017, devastated Prakash but also motivated him to take a stand. She also revealed that he has lost work because of his honesty, but he refuses to back down.

On Prema's YouTube channel, Pony was asked if she had never asked Prakash to take a beat with his political opinions, given the kind of polarising response he gets for them. "In the beginning, I used to be very scared. When we heard Gauri's news, I saw him devastated completely. He was broken and said, 'I kept tel...