Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan and Sivaangi Krishnakumar have become huge names in Tamil Nadu, especially after their stints on the smash hit Vijay TV comedy-based cooking competition reality show, Cooku with Comali season 2. Although Ashwin ended up coming in as the second runner-up in the recently-concluded second edition, with Super Singer fame Sivaangi joining as one among the comalis, their stardom has since shot up overnight, with the duo garnering a huge fan following. However, fame also has downsides to it as evident recently when a few morphed pictures of Ashwin and Sivaangi went viral on social media, that also spread misinformation. 

Both Sivaangi and Ashwin took to Instagram on Sunday and posted stories informing the pictures with their faces going viral on social media are morphed. Sivaangi wrote, "Many morphed pictures of me and my star friends is going viral which is not at all true. A humble request to not to share those and spread false information. Thank you for the love and support." Likewise, Ashwin also informed the same in detail and wrote, "THERE ARE SOME MORPHED VIDEOS N EDITS GOING AROUND AND THIS IS TO CLARIFY THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY FALSE AND UTTER RUBBISH TRYING TO DEFAME ME. I AM VERY MUCH SINGLE AND I AM NOT IN ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY RUMOURED CO-STAR. AT THIS JUNCTURE, I THANK MY FANS WHO ARE MY STRONG PILLARS OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO SUPPORT ME ONLY PROFESSIONALLY AND NOT INVOLVE IN ANY UNWANTED SHIPPING EDITS 1 MORPHED ACTS. THEY HARM THE PRECIOUS PERSONAL LIFE OF ANY INDIVIDUAL. I AM AT THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER AND MY CURRENT FOCUS IS WORK AND WORK ONLY. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS, LOVE YOU ALL AND FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOUR UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT."

On the professional front, Sivaangi will be making her acting debut in Tamil in the upcoming Sivakarthikeyan-starrer, Don, being produced by Lyca Productions in association with Sivakarthikeyan Productions under newcomer Cibi Chakravarthy's direction. Ashwin, on the other hand, signed his first Tamil film recently under debutant Hari Haran 's direction, which will be produced by the Trident Arts banner. Post the success of Cooku with Comali 2, Ashwin had also appeared in the smash hit independent single track 'Kutty Pattas' video alongside Bigil fame Reba Monica John. Likewise, he also paired with Karuppan fame actress Tanya Ravichandran in the video of the 'Criminal Crush' independent song composed by Godson, who is visually-challenged. Subsequently, Ashwin also featured in the 'Loner' music video, which was composed and directed by Adykriz, with the Cooku with Comali star garnering praise from fans for his emotional performance.