Why has twitterati decided to boycott Alia Bhatt and her upcoming movie 'Darlings'?

Tribune Web Desk

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.

Another Twitter user wrote, “Violence against mens is not fun .I am totally against these cheap Bollywood stars #respectmens #ShameOnBollywood #BoycottBollywood #boycottAliaBhatt.”

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.”

There are many such tweets:

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