Industries minister Subhash Desai suffered the flip side of the popularity of Marathi film Sairat, which has become a huge hit, when his personal mobile number was displayed as that of the actor of th
Industries minister Subhash Desai suffered the flip side of the popularity of Marathi film Sairat, which has become a huge hit, when his personal mobile number was displayed as that of the actor of the movie Rinku Rajguru on her Facebook page. For past two days, Mr Desai has received numerous calls from all over Maharashtra.
“It becomes too embarrassing at times if you are in a public function and you have to explain that you are not some actor and actually the industries minister of the state. Finally I decided to switch off the phone,” Mr Desai said.
“It must have been the handiwork of some hackers, who posted my number on the actress’ website. She has no role in this,” he added.
“It had become a headache. Whenever I told the caller, who called to congratulate the actress, that it was a wrong number, the next question would be, “then who are you ” Finally I decided to keep my phone switched off for some time. But, even after that the SMSes kept coming,” Mr Desai said.
“I’ve taken appropriate steps and the calls have stopped now,” the minister clarified. However, he did not divulge details on whether he has lodged a complaint with the cyber security cell of the police.
Rinku, who hails from Akluj in Solapur district of Maharashtra, received a special mention from the jury for her stellar portrait of ‘Archie’ in Sairat at the National Awards this year.
Sairat, directed by Nagraj Manjule, has so far grossed around Rs 40 crore and is on its way to become one of the biggest blockbusters in Marathi cinema.
