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Aishwarya Rai urges people to engage in the real world: "It's alright if you're not giving me likes..."

Aishwarya Rai, speaking at the Red Sea International Film Festival, urged people to prioritise real-life connections over social media engagement, saying that likes and views do not matter to her.

December 14, 2025 / 19:46 IST
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Aishwarya Rai attends Red Sea International Film Festival
Aishwarya Rai attends Red Sea International Film Festival

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai recently attended the Red Sea International Film Festival. The actress turned heads at the event and graced the stage.

During the event, the actress talked about how engaging with a large number of people in the virtual world could not be fulfilling and that people needed to realise they should not stop engaging in real life.

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Aishwarya said, “Engaging with a multitude out there in that virtual universe cannot be fulfilling. People need to realise that you cannot stop engaging for real. Engage with people around you, engage with the person in front of you."

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The actress also suggested that it was rude to completely disengage from the person in front of you just to respond to something on the phone, and stressed that it was perfectly fine if people did not like or watch her posts.