You are an actor, don't behave like a politician

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 It is a well-known entity around the world that celebrities do not choose to become role models, it is just one of the responsibilities that come with the job. Public life is harder then most people understand and actors and actresses are held to high standards of leadership which they did not sign up for. Don't get me wrong, they have a life that most people around the world can only envy and it is a position of privilege to be a celebrity. Having said that, we as commoners tend to forget that they are humans with real emotions and more importantly have personal lives which may or may resonate with their professional lives. 



           These celebrities are not independents and should not proclaim to be independents. Whether they lean left, right or centre is irrelevant to their professional careers and should have no bearing on how people view them for their jobs, just like anyone else. This dynamic however does change when theses celebrities use their professional clout to influence their fans to promote any party or a party's agenda. Your fans love you for your acting, playing, singing etc, and its probably bordering unethical professionalism when you send out tweets and make videos supporting a political party and undermining another one. If you feel so strongly about a party, come out and mention it to the public and your fans. There is nothing wrong with supporting a political party, but it is wrong to do it wearing a mask of neutrality. If the last month or so has taught us anything is that if people in India create celebrities overnight, they can probably destroy the same ones before sunset. 

P.S. Ajinkya Rahane is a wonderful person and any amount of hate induced tweets from BJP through his account won't change that.

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