Socially responsible comedian Vivekh tweeted on October 14th, requesting to trend planting trees with respect to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's birthday. In his tweet, he wrote "Fans of Thalaivan/ Thalapathy/ Thala, I request you all to plant trees tomorrow on this occasion" and requested "Please post about this and trend this on social media platforms".
நாளை அக்15 பாரத ரத்னா கலாம் ஐயா பிறந்த நாளை ஒட்டி அனைத்து தலைவர்/தளபதி/தல ( நாம் அன்புடன் வைத்த செல்லப் பெயர்கள்) ரசிகர்கள் மரம் நட வேண்டும் என்று கோரிக்கை வைக்கிறேன். அதை சமூக தளங்களில் பதிவு செய்து trend செய்ய வேண்டுகிறேன். @news7tamil @ThandhiTV @sunnewstamil @Kalaignarnews
— Vivekh actor (@Actor_Vivek) October 14, 2019
And guess what? The tag 'Plant for Kalam' was trending within a few hours too. After that, today (16th October) a fan of Chiyaan Vikram called out to Vivekh and asked him to "respect Chiyaan Vikram fans too". The fan explained that Vikram fans have been trending 'Plant a tree' tag and that they have been supporting Vivekh in all his positive endeavors too. He wrote: "This really is not fair. Kind request is to try to be more fair to everyone. We Chiyaan fans are always in support with whatever you do".
Actor Vivekh promptly replied to the fan that "All are in my heart only! I know Kenny alias Chiyaan for more than 25 yrs. we are vada poda friends." and requested not to politize this as he had called out for a noble cause. He explained that just because he hadn't mentioned Chiyaan's name, doesn't mean that he isn't close to Vikram and thanked everyone for their support for the cause.
Of course, this reply has been appreciated by the fans, who also thanked him for replying and clearing things up. Check out the tweet, below:
All are in my heart only! I know Kenny alias Chiyaan for more than 25 yrs. we are vada poda friends. Plz don’t politicalize this. After all I called out for a noble cause. பெயர்கள் விட்டுப் போவதால் உறவுகள் விட்டுப் போவதில்லை. My profuse thanks to all https://t.co/UpB7tMuj4i
— Vivekh actor (@Actor_Vivek) October 16, 2019