Young icon and actor Tovino Thomas was a hyper-active participant in flood relief works; he spent sleepless night and days with volunteers, coordinating their activities and helping with their relief and rescue works. But, as expected, the social media did not spare him. While most trolls hailed him as the real hero, some netizens trolled that he did all this for publicity.

Tovino has responded to this allegations in an interview.

“I was pained to hear the comment that I took part in the relief work for publicity. I did this only because I’m humane. Now, even if no one sees my film in the name of this allegation, I have no problem. But never say that I did this for publicity. That hurts me… We, actors, are not fools to believe that people affected by flood shall go and see our films (because we did this service..).” said Tovino who had actively participated in relief works at Iringalakkuda, from the very beginning of the calamity.