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 👎🏻
I am totally against these cheap Bollywood stars #respectmens #ShameOnBollywood #BoycottBollywood #boycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/9s7stxCNKG
— Ujval Jain (@ujval_jain) August 3, 2022
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?
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
— Berlin 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@FamilyMan_berl_) August 4, 2022
What if ?????
The gender had been reversed ??#BoycottAliaBhatt#BanDarlings pic.twitter.com/eoqmoKIJZq
— iAtulp (@IM_atulp) August 4, 2022
#BoycottAliaBhatt is trending at all India level.😲😲😲😲
We will not tolerate domestic violence against men. DV against men is not a joke. #Darlings pic.twitter.com/U7RRqD78TG
— Ashish Tiwari (@AshishT26963402) August 3, 2022
#BoycottAliaBhatt who is endorsing DV on Men.
Imagine if the genders were reversed! pic.twitter.com/OK4EDAe3pS
— Catachi (@itachi_senpai1) August 3, 2022
Alia Bhatt not only acted in #Darlings, she produced it.
She produced a movie which makes entertainment out of torture of men by women.#BoycottAliaBhatt#BoycottDarlingshttps://t.co/FJYzMR7XnL
— Priya Sharma (@PriyaScifi) August 2, 2022