Mumbai: Actress Daisy Shah hit back strongly at a social media troll who tried to target her after a video surfaced showing the actress preparing iftaar food.
The controversy began when a user shared the clip online and wrote, “Meet Daisy Shah. She has a problem with firecrackers but attends iftaar parties and even cooks there,” attempting to question the actress’s stand. Several others joined in with sarcastic remarks such as, “All this to make Salman happy!” and “Who exactly is Daisy Shah? She must be the caterer for that party,” among other comments.
Responding to the criticism, Daisy Shah took to X (formerly Twitter) and dismissed the comparison while condemning attempts to spread hatred in the name of religion.
“Firecrackers and cooking food are completely different from each other. Good luck spreading hate in the name of religion. I hope you get well soon,” she wrote.
Daisy Shah began her career in the film industry as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya, working on films such as Zameen and Khakee. She later moved into modelling, appearing in several photo shoots and print advertisements.
Her acting career started when Kannada filmmaker Harsha cast her in the film Chingari. She also performed an item song in the Hindi film Khuda Kasam, starring Sunny Deol and Tabu. Daisy made her acting debut with the 2011 Kannada film Bhadra.
In the same year, she appeared in the Hindi film Bodyguard, a remake of the Malayalam film of the same name, where she played the role of Ammu. She later featured in item songs in the Kannada film Bachchan and the Hindi film Bloody Isshq.
Daisy made her Bollywood debut as a lead actress in 2014 opposite Salman Khan in Jai Ho. She later starred alongside Karan Singh Grover in Hate Story 3. After appearing in Ramratan, she played Sanjana in the 2018 action film Race 3.
In 2023, Daisy made her television debut as a contestant on the stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13, where she finished in 11th place.
She was last seen on the big screen in Mystery of the Tattoo, directed by Kalaiarasi Sathappan and Ganesh Mahadevan. The film also features Arjun Rampal, Rohit Raaj, Manoj Joshi, Ameesha Patel, Myra Sareen, Tom Hendryk, Arun Kapur, Saira Pandhal, Jamie Lambe, and Suki Chottmore.
With inputs from IANS