New Delhi: Shehnaaz Gill kept herself away from social media since the sudden demise of her rumoured boyfriend Sidharth Shukla. However, on Thursday, the Honsla Rakh actress finally broke her silence as she took to Instagram to pay tribute to the late actor. Shehnaaz shared a poster of the song “Tu Yaheen Hai” in the beloved memory of Sidharth Shukla. She captioned the post, “Tu mera hai aur …………………… @realsidharthshukla #Sidharthshukla.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shehnaaz Gill (@shehnaazgill) This came as a surprise gift to the fans of Shehnaaz and late Sidharth, known as “SidNaaz” following the release of the duo’s last music video “Habit.” Many Sidnaaz fans received Sehnaaz's tribute song with open hands, showering love on the Hosla Rakh actress. However, the tribute did not go very well with many on social media, with netizens telling Shehnaaz that 'emotions are not business'. Here's how Netizens criticized the commercial use of Sidharth's name : A fan page wrote, “Here we are still mourning this unfortunate event n people who claim to be his close friends are selling emotions on the name of a Tribute. Asking us to make REELS on someone's death, counting views n likes! How low will they stoop? Stop the mockery! STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA” Here we are still mourning this unfortunate event n people who claim to be his close friends are selling emotions on the name of a Tribute. Asking us to make REELS on someone's death, counting views n likes! How low will they stoop? Stop the mockery! STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA https://t.co/NWRgvpRpBo pic.twitter.com/lLbEgDLXuo — Love You Sidharth ❤ (@muckraker00) October 30, 2021 A musical tribute was all fine with me until they used his body double! I just lost it all then. And then such beautiful promotions in the name of tribute, made it even worse. Earning and promoting self in his name isnt a tribute! STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA — Ankita ~ Sidharth's Heart Forever ☆ (@Anki_SidHeart) October 30, 2021 Milking money in the name of tribute is not good ! Can’t deal with this fake people and fake tributes ..I wish Sid was with us today :/ STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA — Don (@itssDon) October 30, 2021 Using Someone’s de@th for views and encashing money is new low We might be his ‘random internet fans’ but still won’t allow so cald ‘well wishers and overnight turned close friends to destroy his legacy Emotions are not business STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA #SidharthShukla pic.twitter.com/Tqxxkwan2p — Dr.Nupur ( Uttara)?? (@DrNupurrk) October 30, 2021 A tribute is something which portrays happy memories of a person. It is supposed to provide Sukoon to people. Remembering him, his happy times, his achievements, his work etc. And how tf making reels and paid promotion come up in a tribute. STOP USING SIDHARTH SHUKLA — MyPov (@mypov11) October 30, 2021 Meanwhile, many celebs including Aly Goni, Asima Riaz and others came out in support of Shehnaaz on Twitter. Aly tweeted "Stop it guys seriously!" along with a tweet that read, "Here we are still mourning this unfortunate event n people who claim to be his close friends are selling emotions on the name of a Tribute. Asking us to make reels on someone's death, counting views n likes! How low will they stoop? Stop the mockery! stop using Sidharth Shukla." Stop it guys seriously ?? https://t.co/bCPBMrAQ2U — Aly Goni (@AlyGoni) October 30, 2021 He further explained his first tweet saying, "I think there is a misunderstanding in my last tweet.. first of all Shehnaz ka poora Haq banta hai to tribute and I loved that song.. secondly that tweet was for those people who drag Sid in the name of cover songs reels and all. Jo uss tweet mein mention tha..#peaceout." I think there is misunderstanding in my last tweet.. first of all Shehnaz ka poora Haq banta hai to tribute and I loved that song.. secondly that tweet was for those people who drag Sid in the name of cover songs reels and all. Jo uss tweet mein mention tha.. ✌️ #peaceout — Aly Goni (@AlyGoni) October 30, 2021
