K’town actors who took to farming during the lockdown

One among the many things which actors tried their hands at during the lockdown last year and this year was farming. While a few of them had spent considerable time indulging in various stages of farming for several days and weeks, some of them were more than happy to take a plunge into farming. From superstars like Mohanlal and Salman Khan to others, many celebs across the country took to their social media accounts to reveal their new found love. Some of them had even posted pictures and videos of them working in the field. Check out a few actors from Kollywood who joined the list...

One of the versatile actors of the country, Prakash Raj, has been spending quality time indulging in farming at his farm house with his wife and kid during the lockdown in 2020 and 2021. The actor used to post a few pictures and videos of the same on his Twitter account. His wife, Pony, too, had shared glimpses of the actor making most of the time at his farm house. Prakash had earlier mentioned a few times that farming had brought a lot of happiness in his life.

Madhavan, who has been into organic farming since the last few years, had tilled a barren land in Palani a while ago and revealed that he had planned to replicate the model worldwide. He was excited to announce that his coconut growing project was quite successful there. It is said that the actor had purchased a few hectares of land in Palani and had planted guava and coconut saplings. Posting a few pictures of his project, he tweeted, “It was a fantastic project in which we grew super sweet and aromatic, non-hybrid, but pure dwarf variety coconuts on almost barren land. Will be putting out an article and paper for all the local farmers soon."

One of the busiest comedians of Kollywood, Soori’s tryst with farming is well-known. He has always been vocal about his love for farming and had extended his support for the farmers’ protest which rocked the country till the second wave of pandemic hit the nation. Earlier this year, the actor ensured that his bull, Karuppan, had participated in the jallikattu event and had posted pictures of the same on his Twitter account. Last year, he posted photos of him taking the bull for a bath and it went viral in no time.

The young actress surprised one and all last year when she had put up a video of her driving a tractor on her farm in her gated property. She also announced that she has taken a plunge into farming and posted a picture of her planting saplings in her farm. A couple of days ago, she took to her social media account to share the excitement of learning a new skill with regard to farming. Keerthi said she was more than happy to have participated in harvesting with a group of people and thanked the massive rains which some parts of the state received recently.

The Petta actor had often said in the past that he loves to take time off after every film to go back to his home at Uttar Pradesh and do some farming. In fact, he loved driving around in a tractor. He was at his home during the lockdown last year and shared a video on his Instagram account in which he was seen toiling on his farm with a plough. Dressed in a pair of black track pants and a white shirt, he was seen gratified carrying a few farming tools with him, making most of his free time amidst the lockdown.