“I don’t have a second to think about people who are jobless and criticise others instead of using their time and doing something good in life. People should just avoid them like I do,” he said.
He doesn’t get affected by them. “We don’t only face trolling on social networking sites, but in person as well. So I have always learnt to avoid them and focus on the good,” he said.
He feels that social media has revolutionised our life and lifestyle. “It has majorly affected our life and lifestyle. In 24 hours, people mostly spend 18 hours on social media which is actually not correct. Instead of focusing on good and concentrating on other things, we are wasting our time, energy and also affecting our health, eyes and brain. I think this should come to an end or should be minimised,” he said.
People follow celebrities and emulate them, especially via social media so it is a huge responsibility, but everyone is not taking it seriously. “I understand as an actor that we represent or people look at us and follow us. So it’s very important to give good messages to the audience if you’re an actor, influencer or a blogger. You should not convey bad messages to the audience as they follow us. In my social media account also, I pretty much take the cake of it and try to convey positive messages, motivate everyone, especially the youth by fitness videos. I also put motivational quotes and show my workaholic spirit. I show them that if I can make it, anyone can make it,” he said.
The number of followers has become an obsession with almost every person. “Yes, it has, but it doesn’t matter to me. I don’t believe in all these things. I believe that one should be real in real life, work hard, and maintain relations in real life with family and friends and not just with fake numbers on Instagram to get attention or prove their existence,” he said.
The world of social media is fake, everyone says so but at the same time everyone wants attention on social media. Asked if he thinks it is double standard, he said, “Maybe yes. Some use social networking sites for work purposes, some use it to show off, it’s just if one is not harming the other person, you can do whatever you want.”
Social media has become an ego massaging tool and it is disturbing the regular life of actors as everyday they need to put up new content. “Yes, it’s a little hectic. I’m an actor and I know how much pressure we get to put everyday on something or the other, along with my 12-14 hours shoot. So being active on social networking sites along with my regular shoot gets tiring and disturbing, but I can do anything to make my fans happy and stay connected with them as they really wait for my content, so I started getting DMs. I just want to make my fans happy because in the end, I am what I am because of them,” he said.
