Actress' private photos leaked!

Actor Sonu Gowda (aka

Shruti Ramakrishna

) was at pains on Saturday trying to explain that photos of her that were circulating online were of her moments with husband Manoj Gowda. At least three photos of the actor with her husband were reportedly circulating online for the last three days.

On Saturday, some news channels decided to air them embarrassing the actor no end. Unsavoury comments along with the pictures saying the actor was with a politician's son only worsened matters for her. The actor is said to be contemplating legal action against the one(s) who leaked her images online. It is not clear whether her account was hacked or the images were stolen from her phone or any other gadget.

Sonu started her film career in the film

Inti Ninna Preetiya

in 2008. She continued to act after marriage and has appeared in a dozen films in Kannada, Tamil and

Malayalam

. Her most recent release was the

Kannada

film 'Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu'. She is currently acting in one Kannada and three Tamil films.

In recent years, fake photos and videos of Kannada actresses have made the rounds online trying to damage their reputation. An alleged video of actress Harshika Poonacha kissing a Tamil actor surfaced in 2014. The actress had to clarify that it was not her in the video. A few years before that, some persons allegedly tried to blackmail director Ratnaja with a doctored photo of him 'kissing' actress Amulya. In both the instances, the culprits were never traced.