Urvashi Rautela is a 30-year-old Indian actress and model who started her career through beauty pageants. She is well-known for her beauty and dancing skills. She even represented India at the Miss Universe contest in 2015. Urvashi is often a victim of trolls and gets into controversies due to her outspoken nature.
Her interviews are often a topic of discussion that leaves her in the middle of social media backlash. Whenever her comments don’t sit right with netizens, she becomes a target of social media trolls. She was recently called ‘Beauty With No Brains’ for her reaction in an interview. The actress finally decided to open up about the remark.
Urvashi Rautela made headlines for her tone-deaf attitude when asked about Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s attack.
Saif Ali Khan faced a knife attack by an intruder in his residence on January 16, 2025. In an interview when the interviewer discussed the attack with Urvashi, the actress ignored the question and talked about her recent film Daaku Maharaaj’s collection, a diamond-studded Rolex gifted by her mother and a mini watch ring gifted by her father. Netizens questioned her intelligence after the interview was circulated on social media.
In a new interview with Instant Bollywood, Urvashi opened up on being tagged as ‘beauty without brains’ by some people
In her response, Urvashi stressed that even the most important personalities in India become victims of criticism like the Prime Minister and Bollywood superstars. She indirectly compared herself to Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, who also get trolled occasionally.
After Urvashi’s clarification statement netizens started criticizing her for comparing herself to Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
The video of her interview that went viral urged several people to call her ‘Beauty With No Brains’.
The tone-deaf attitude of the actress in the context of the incident, her lack of concern for the actor, and her insensitive remarks attracted trolls and controversies.
Also, in an interview with Filmfare, she shared that she had given the interview just after the incident occurred and was drained after a busy schedule. She said that the question about Saif Ali Khan caught her off guard because the attack happened at 4 am. She added that she was still processing the news. Urvashi also shared that she was unaware of the gravity of the incident involving Saif Ali Khan, which resulted in the controversy. She also shared that she spoke about her parents’ gifts out of excitement and that it was a moment of misplaced enthusiasm and not an attempt to ‘show off’.
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