'Boycott Alia Bhatt' trends ahead of Darlings' release, netizens call her out for 'promoting domestic violence'

Darlings is slated for a release on August 5, 2022 on Netflix. And a day ahead of the same, 'boycott Alia Bhatt' has been trending as netizens feel that the movie promotes violence against men. Some, however, also believe that those trending the hashtag must watch the trailer before the boycott.

TN Entertainment Desk

Updated Aug 4, 2022, 12:37 IST

Boycott Alia Bhatt trends on Twitter

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Boycott Alia Bhatt has been trending
This comes a day ahead of Darlings' release
Netizens feel it promotes domestic violence

Alia Bhatt is currently gearing up for the release of her upcoming Netflix film, Darlings. The actress plays the role of Badrunissa Shaikh, a survivor of domestic violence. The movie also co-stars Vijay Varma, Shefali Shah, and Roshan Mathew in pivotal roles.

As many might have it, the movie has grabbed a lot of eyeballs, but while at it, 'boycott Alia Bhatt' is trending on Twitter. Just a day ahead of the movie release, people seem to be unhappy about how the film promotes domestic violence. Vijay plays her husband on screen, Hamza, and the trailer showed us how the mother-daughter duo kidnap him, to take revenge for beating her up.

In an attempt to seek revenge, Alia's character goes to the extent of hitting him, pushing his face inside a tank of water, among other things. As a result, the people on the internet feel that the movie is promoting domestic violence, and glorifying it. While the movie centers mostly on how Alia's character is treating Hamza the way she has been treated, netizens feel differently.

As a result, the boycott trend has taken over the internet once again and everyone has a lot to say.

Some, however, have valid points to make as well as they speak against the boycott Alia Bhatt trend. A few people believe that the everyone should watch the trailer before trending the hashtag on social media.

Well, netizens are divided about how they feel regarding the violence in the movie. And though different people have different opinions, the trends seems to be on the rise.

Darlings releases on Netflix tomorrow. Whether or not viewers feel similarly about the violence in the film, time will tell. Meanwhile, Laal Singh Chaddha and Raksha Bandhan too, have faced backlash from many, and boycott trends against the film made it to social media in the last few days.

DISCLAIMER: The article is a compilation of thoughts posted by netizens and satire doing the rounds on the subject. Ideas expressed do not reflect the view of Times Network.

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