- An old video of actor R Madhavan has resurfaced.
- Shows him telling a joke about polygamy and Muslim men.
- Internet users have slammed the actor for ‘Islamophobia’.
An old video of the actor R Madhavan telling a joke about polygamy and Muslim males has surfaced. The actor has received criticism online for his “Islamophobia.”
In the video, Madhavan is heard saying, “He is a highly intelligent doctor; a gastroenterologist. He received a call from Mr. Abdul, one of his patients, who said, “Doctor Saab, my wife is very, very ill. She can’t sit because she is in excruciating agony and has a stomachache. Could I visit your clinic? Yes, by all means, the doctor replied. Abdul had done his research and, like other patients today, used the internet to say that she might be sick with this particular illness.
The doctor told him not to worry, the actor said. After examining her, he informed him that she had an infected appendix. She will be OK after the procedure I must perform. She was OK after the procedure was finished. Abdul was content. Abdul called the physician once more a year later and said, “Sir, my wife has a stomach ache. Please perform the appendix procedure, and she will be OK.”
“Doctor said, “Listen, I’m the doctor, let me diagnose, bring her to the clinic, and then we’ll repair it. Madhavan went on to describe how Abdul was pleading with the doctor to schedule an operation right once and to ignore the prognosis altogether.
“The physician eventually snapped and yelled, “Listen, I’m the physician; let me make the diagnosis. There is only one appendix in a human body, which I have already removed. So please don’t instruct me on how to carry out my duties. Abdul waited for the doctor to complete his statements before shyly responding, “Sir, I agree with you.” Every individual can only have one appendix, however men can have two wives, right?”.
Recently, businessman Harsh Goenka tweeted the video, and the reply area was inundated with people criticizing the actor for his Islamophobia. “@ActorMadhavan ka Abdul se fixation jaa nahi raha hai (Madhavan’s obsession with Abdul does not fade),” one of the users tweeted. Islamophobia.”
“Would you have laughed as hard if Rama Prasad had played the role instead of Abdul, and would @ActorMadhavan have made the joke if Ranganathan was the target of the joke? Let me add these emojis to make this tweet funny (laughing face),” one of them wrote.
Didn’t anticipate this from him, said another. A great actor may not, however, be a wonderful person, as the saying goes. Many of my non-Muslim acquaintances remarried after their first marriage ended in divorce. Some even got remarried after a short while. Therefore, the narrative about the second wife is nothing but animosity.
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