But, it brought a lot of problems for Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as both the personalities have similar names (well, kind of). Shashi Tharoor, the Congress MP, himself tweeted about the loss of the great actor, Shashi Kapoor. Condolences2his family&all his fans pic.twitter.com/fSz3jafPZJ - Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 4, 2017But, the problem started when a leading media house tweeted that Tharoor has passed away. Amid the trolling and bashing, the problem grew so much that Tharoor's office started getting condolence calls too. Here's how Shashi Tharoor responded.

Source: India Today December 04, 2017 14:26 UTC