Jacqueline Fernandez: It's sad that success is judged by social media following
Jacqueline Fernandez, who enjoys a huge fan following on Instagram and Twitter, says that she feels sad that one's success is judged by his/her social media following.
Jacqueline Fernandez enjoys huge fan following on social media. The actress has 28.7 million followers on Instagram and 13.8 million on Twitter.
Though Jacqueline loves to share pictures from her personal diary on social media, the actress says that at times she feels the pressure of maintaining an interesting social media account. The actress says that it takes a lot of hard work and is also a time consuming process.
Talking to an entertainment website, Jacqueline said, "Honestly, I feel blessed that I have so many followers. It's also been a lot of hard work, and I feel people forget to talk about it. Maintaining social media now as part of your professional life is not an easy job."
She added, "People have those numbers as they work towards it. It doesn’t happen naturally. It’s an added effort; and not an easy one to make. To keep updating your fans, and continue to be active on social media. To create and publish content. It is time and energy consuming."
Recently the actress shared a video where she is seen performing a dare devil stunt.
She also keeps sharing videos of her gym sessions to inspire her fans.
Jacqueline says that the negative aspect of social media is that people measure a celebrity's success by his/her social media following. "It has become a huge facet today. So much so that if we don’t have a good following, it is taken as a factor to judge one’s success. It’s sad because it’s becoming more of a race and competition who has more following and engagement," she said.
Though social media takes a toll on stars, the actress also accepts that it has brought celebrities closer to their fans and has helped her also in her career. "It is still a great way to connect with fans. It would have never been possible a couple of years back. During my initial days in the Bollywood industry, people could only fall back on my films. Instagram opened the door for me to connect with people who actually know who I am, and it really helped me in the industry," she said.
Though Jacqueline has been missing from action, the actress keeps her fans updated about her whereabouts on socal media. She was last seen in Race 3 (June, 2018 release). Though the film did well at the box office, it failed to impress critics.
Jacqueline will next star in a Netflix original film called Mrs Serial Killer. Jacqueline took to Instagram to share her first look in the film.
The actress will also be seen opposite Sushant Singh Rajput in Drive. The film, which was slated to release on June 28, 2019, has been further pushed. Drive, which is produced by Karan Johar and directed by Tarun Mansukhani, went on floors on March 1, 2017.
The makers wanted to release the film on Holi 2018 but since the shooting of the film took time, they decided to release it on September 7, 2018 but this was further pushed to June 28, 2019.
Now, makers are planning to release it in the second half of the year.
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