KATHMANDU, July 15 -- Nepali actor Rajesh Hamal has called on his fans and the general public to stop attacking people with insults and abusive comments on social media platforms. Hamal was indicating online trolls against Deepashree Niraula who has been dragged into a controversy over the issue of 'Mahanayak' - a term she says Hamal is not befitting of.

Uploading a video on Facebook on Tuesday, Hamal expressed his concerns over people violently pitching aggression over actress and director Deepashree Niraula regarding her comments about the actor in an interview. During an interview, she said that Hamal is not a Mahanayak, and that she did not have the courage and stature to say so before.

She was then harshly criticized by the general...