While the entire film and TV fraternity along with social media users have been expressing their outrage calling out Poonam for her ‘disgraceful’ publicity stunt, Kangana, who had earlier mourned the demise of her Lock Upp contestant, has condemned the actress’ act for faking her death to create awareness about cervical cancer.
Poonam Pandey is alive: Actress makes shocking announcement!
On Saturday, Poonam shared a video on social media announcing that she is alive and shared that she faked her demise as she intended to raise awareness about cervical cancer. Slamming her, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri tweeted, “Actually, it was a marketing campaign for @thehauterrfly. Watch the end and the logo on right upper corner. How sinister, how pathetic.” Replying to Vivek’s tweet, Kangana wrote, “Agree.”
Meanwhile, The All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has also slammed Poonam. The body issued a statement demanding an FIR against her. “The fake news of demise of model and actress Poonam Pandey due to cervical cancer sent a shockwave among all in the Indian Film industry. This fake news was created for publicity stunt by model and actress Poonam Pandey which is being confirmed by her manager. This fake news had hurt the sentiments of all Indians who paid tribute to her.We request your goodself to please file an FIR against both Poonam Pandey and her manager for spreading fake news merely for their PR publicity. Strict action against them is necessary so that such types of fake news will not be circulated by anyone.Such a cheap publicity is not at all accepted in our Indian Film Industry which has high emotional values for all,” the statement read.
While several fell prey to Poonam’s fake death news, some people were sceptical about the news due to her controversial image and reputation in public.