Actress Trisha Krishnan’s subtle shade at the Karuppu team over being sidelined has now found an echo in Suriya’s production circle, with executive producer Aditi Ravindranath agreeing that the actor was unfairly kept out of key promotions. The friction has surfaced just weeks before the Tamil‑language action drama, starring Suriya and Trisha, releases on May 14.

Trisha’s indirect dig and fan backlash

Trisha recently took a thinly veiled swipe at the Karuppu team after not being invited to the film’s audio launch in Chennai on April 26. Responding to online criticism, she quipped that her “invite must have got lost in the mail,” implying that she was not properly included in the event. She also reposted a fan post praising her long track record of attending audio launches and promotions for her previous films, contrasting it with her absence from Karuppu’s high‑profile event. This led to a section of Suriya’s fans targeting her on social media, accusing her of being ungrateful or overdramatic, even as many others defended her.

After Trisha opened up about being sidelined by the Karuppu team, her fans showed their support. An X (formerly Twitter) user wrote, “all this misogyny thrown at her. Whatever their other issues maybe, men are never sidelined from their own projects! it is a disgrace when even a senior actor like Trisha isn’t treated with due respect, if she indeed wasn’t invited to the event & ignored frm promos on purpose.” She re-posted it, writing, “Exactly!!!”

Aditi Ravindranath, who has worked with Suriya on projects like Navarasa and other Netflix‑linked ventures, appears to side with Trisha, calling out the “misogyny” and double standards in how senior women actors are treated in promotional spaces. She pointed out that male leads are rarely sidelined from their own projects, underscoring how Trisha’s marginalisation in the film’s promos and the audio launch raises questions about gender dynamics in the Tamil film industry. Her comments have amplified the debate, turning a small‑scale scheduling issue into a larger conversation about respect, visibility, and professional courtesy for established actresses.

Film’s build‑up and the controversy

Directed by RJ Balaji, Karuppu is being positioned as a high‑octane mass entertainer with Suriya in the lead and Trisha in a crucial role as lawyer‑turned‑performer Preethi. Earlier coverage had praised her character as one of the film’s strongest and most challenging, with Balaji himself calling it “not easy to be Trisha,” referring both to her persona and the role’s complexity. Now, as the film’s release inches closer, the audio‑launch spat has become a talking point, with fans divided between defending the team’s choices and demanding more inclusion and acknowledgment for Trisha’s contribution both on and off screen.

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