After Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha' and Akshay Kumar's 'Raksha Bandhan', netizens are now busy trolling Alia Bhatt on social media over her upcoming movie Darlings.?
Many people have accused Alia Bhatt of promoting domestic violence against men in her new movie. Mom-to-be Alia Bhatt, who is busy promoting her upcoming Netflix movie Darlings these days, features as a domestic abuse survivor Badrunissa Shaikh, alongside actors Shefali Shah, Roshan Mathew and Vijay Varma among others.?
The film shows Alia Bhatt torturing her costar Vijay Varma, who plays the character of Hamza Shaikh, Badru¡¯s husband.?
#BoycottAliaBhatt has started trending on Twitter just one day before the film Darlings release on the OTT platform. Netizens took to Twitter to lash out at Alia Bhatt and her latest film.?
A user wrote, "It has become a new normal to harass men. Whether it's a coatroom or theatre...... It's time to boycott such a nuisance."?
Another said, "Alia Bhatt not only acted in #Darlings, she produced it. She produced a movie which makes entertainment out of torture of men by women."?
Some even said that while in the United States people are supporting Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, actress Alia Bhatt is trying to encourage and made joke of domestic violence against men. They even called the Raazi actress, "Amber Heard of India."?
A fourth user wrote on Twitter, "In #USA people supporting #JohnnyDepp for #DomesticViolence against MEN. But in India Alia Bhatt promotes and make joke of DOMESTICVIOLENCE against MEN #BanDarlings #BoycottAliaBhatt."? ?
Here's what other's wrote:
Nowadays, netizens targeting Bollywood actors and their movies have become an usual activity on the internet. People disagree with celebrities' views and even launch protest against what they feel hurt their sentiments.?
Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt, who has a couple of films lined up for release this year, is yet to comment on the controversy surrounding her film.?
Watch Darlings trailer here:
On the work front, the actress is awaiting release of her much-talked about movie Brahmastra with her husband Ranbir Kapoor.?
She had recently filmed her big Hollywood debut film Heart of Stone with onscreen Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, who she said was possibly the most beautiful energy that she has ever come across in life during one of the promotional events of her film Darlings.?
Alia Bhatt is also set to star in Farhan Akhtar's upcoming movie Jee Le Zaara alongside Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif among others.
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