Chandigarh, August 4
If Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha,’ boycotting wasn’t enough, netizens are now ‘boycotting’ Alia Bhatt and her upcoming movie Darlings for ‘promoting’ domestic violence against men. ‘Darlings’ will release on August 5 on Netflix. It stars Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Verma and Roshan Matthew in the lead roles. The film is also Alia Bhatt’s maiden production project. Darlings is co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment.
There are scenes in the trailer that show Alia Bhatt’s character torturing her on-screen husband Vijay Verma in Darlings, when has led to the online furore.
“Believe all victims, regardless of gender. #BanDarlings #boycottAliaBhatt,” wrote one user.
Believe all victims, regardless of gender. #BanDarlings #boycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/fct9D4rKoA
— iAtulp (@IM_atulp) August 3, 2022
Another Twitter user wrote, “Violence against mens is not fun .I am totally against these cheap Bollywood stars #respectmens #ShameOnBollywood #BoycottBollywood #boycottAliaBhatt.”
Violence against mens is not fun 👎🏻
— Ujval Jain (@ujval_jain) August 3, 2022
I am totally against these cheap Bollywood stars #respectmens #ShameOnBollywood #BoycottBollywood #boycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/9s7stxCNKG
Someone even compared Alia Bhatt to Amber Heard. “Alia Bhatt is nothing but Amber Heard of India. She promotes domestic violence on men and makes fun of it #BoycottAliaBhatt #BoycottDarlings.”
Alia Bhatt is nothing but Amber Heard of India. She promotes domestic violence on men and makes fun of it#BoycottAliaBhatt#BoycottDarlings pic.twitter.com/Sqi5YNvELh
— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) August 3, 2022
There are many such tweets:
Can you show a husband taking revenge on wife in movies and promote DV?
— Berlin 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@FamilyMan_berl_) August 4, 2022
Feminist: No
Can you show a wife taking revenge on her husband in movies and promote DV?
Feminist: Yes
There you go dark humour misandrist star kid. #BoycottAliaBhatt https://t.co/TDUZUtfd7T
What if ?????
— iAtulp (@IM_atulp) August 4, 2022
The gender had been reversed ??#BoycottAliaBhatt#BanDarlings pic.twitter.com/eoqmoKIJZq
#BoycottAliaBhatt is trending at all India level.😲😲😲😲
— Ashish Tiwari (@AshishT26963402) August 3, 2022
We will not tolerate domestic violence against men. DV against men is not a joke. #Darlings pic.twitter.com/U7RRqD78TG
#BoycottAliaBhatt who is endorsing DV on Men.
— Catachi (@itachi_senpai1) August 3, 2022
Imagine if the genders were reversed! pic.twitter.com/OK4EDAe3pS
Alia Bhatt not only acted in #Darlings, she produced it.
— Priya Sharma (@PriyaScifi) August 2, 2022
She produced a movie which makes entertainment out of torture of men by women.#BoycottAliaBhatt#BoycottDarlingshttps://t.co/FJYzMR7XnL
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