India, March 12 -- Actor Varalaxmi Sarathkumar is busy promoting her debut Telugu directorial S Saraswathi. In an interview with Prema, the actor said she thinks people should have children only if they can afford them. While some, including her co-star Priyamani and Lakshmi Manchu, agreed with her, others slammed her for being 'tone deaf'. (Also Read: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar slams Sai Madhav Burra over his comment on S Saraswathi story: 'To use the word rape.')

In the interview, Varalaxmi says, "We are in a country where nobody wants to talk about sex, we are number one in population. So, clearly they're having it, but they don't want to talk about it. I find that extremely funny. Everybody keeps popping out kids like they're a factory. A...