Actor Chinmay Mandlekar, who has gained tremendous popularity by playing Shivaji Maharaj in several Marathi films, has announced that he will henceforth not play the character of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as his family was being harassed on social media with regard to his son’s name. Mandlekar said, his son, Jehangir, was 11 years old but the trolling started only recently.
“My wife, Neha, had talked about the trolling of our family over our son’s name, yesterday through a social media post,” wrote Chinmay on social media. “After clarifying the views over the name, the trolling and comments did not decrease. In fact, the bad comments have increased and the trollers are now raising doubts over them, and as a person, this is annoying me.” The actor added that trolls had no right to comment on his personal life. He explained that he had clarified why he named his son Jehangir, multiple times on social media.