New Delhi: Alia Bhatt’s upcoming dark comedy venture Darlings, the movie which she has produced with Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma, has landed in soup after a section of Twitter users found its content to be highly objectionable on Thursday.
A day before the film is set to stream online on the OTT platform Netflix, Twitteratis accused Bhatt of promoting violence against men via ‘Darlings’ and further called for her boycott.
While many offended by several scenes from Darlings’ trailer and teaser took to social media to express the horror of normalising the abuse against men, others asked fellow netizens to boycott the film and promote gender neutrality.
Now you must be wondering what offended the social media users up to this extent. Well, here’s what happened:
In the trailer and teaser of the film dropped by creators last month, the character of Alia Bhatt named Badru is a victim of domestic violence and seeks revenge from her husband in the film.
In several scenes, she can be seen kidnapping, torturing and even hitting her husband with a pan as he sits on a chair with his upper body tied to it.
Check trailer here:
Here’s how internet reacted:
Believe all victims, regardless of gender. #BanDarlings #boycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/fct9D4rKoA
— iAtulp (@IM_atulp) August 3, 2022
#BoycottAliaBhatt who celebrates domestic violence on men pic.twitter.com/ERzCg1vZuW
— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) August 3, 2022
Say no to violence.#BoycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/0jHDDgbgTc
— Nirmal Kumar Kedia (@kedianirmal26) 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
As if being a Nepo kid wasn’t enough, she produced and acted in a Movie that makes Fun of Male Victims of Domestic Violence.
With so much bias against Male Victims, this movie fuels it by saying:
“Male Victims of DV must have done something to deserve it”#BoycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/QkmLvaXsbl
— Catachi (@itachi_senpai1) August 3, 2022
Domestic violance on MEN aren’t fun #BoycottAliaBhatt #BoycottDarlings pic.twitter.com/kLQ0EQpuII
— Soul Searching. (@DXTMRA) August 3, 2022
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
