Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt released the first poster of his comeback directorial feature "Sadak 2", starring daughters Alia Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt, on social media on Monday evening, and was almost immediately fending against massive trolling and hatred.
Ever since the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput earlier this month, Bhatt has been at the receiving end on social media, like many Bollywood celebrities who accused of promoting nepotism and scuttling the chances of outsiders.
On Monday, netizens' anger and hatred reflected in the comment section of the filmmaker's latest post.
Bhatt released the poster with a caption that stated: "When you come to the end, you discover that there is no END."
Reacting to his tweet, netizens slammed the filmmaker, holding him responsible for demeaning Sushant's mental condition and threatening to boycott "Sadak 2".
"Sadak 2" is a follow-up of Mahesh Bhatt's 1991 hit "Sadak" and is produced by his brother Mukesh Bhatt. The sequel reunites the original film's lead pair of Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt, and also stars Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapur. "Sadak 2" marks Mahesh Bhatt's return to filmmaking after 20 years.
On Monday afternoon, it was confirmed that the Bhatts have decided to bypass theatrical release for the film and take it directly to the streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar for an OTT premiere.
See Some Tweets on Sadak 2:
A user wrote, "Mahesh Bhatt is a Pedophile. We demand @foxstarhindi & @disneyplus to cancel his film Sadak 2 PIC1- Bhatt trying to prove Sushant mentally unstable to save Alia Bhatt & Nepotism PIC2- Bhatt tried to blame RSS for 26/11 PIC3-Bhatt is a pedophile. CBI probe is MUST."
Another user wrote, "Heard that B grade #Sadak2 is releasing lol confidence ki daat deni chaiye anyways what a beautiful gesture by legendary #NanaPatekar truly a one of kind human being.Red heart."#cbiforsushant
— Insaaf Ke Sipahi (@Insaaf_KeSipahi) June 26, 2020
Mahesh Bhatt is a Pedophile. We demand @foxstarhindi & @disneyplus to cancel his film Sadak 2
PIC1- Bhatt trying to prove Sushant mentally unstable to save Alia Bhatt & Nepotism
PIC2- Bhatt tried to blame RSS for 26/11
PIC3-Bhatt is a pedophile.
CBI probe is MUST pic.twitter.com/zP1RmdkxXT
"Can't believe @DisneyplusHSVIP is gonna stream Pedophile Mahesh Bhatt's film. Late Jiah Khan's sister revealed how this creep used to make her uncomfortable.Bhatt even tried to prove late Sushant Singh Rajput mentally unstable to save Alia Bhatt & Nepotism," another user said.Heard that B grade #Sadak2 is releasing lol confidence ki daat deni chaiye anyways what a beautiful gesture by legendary #NanaPatekar truly a one of kind human being.❤️#CBIEnquiryForSSR pic.twitter.com/4VwaD4gGvD
— ʙᴇʟʟᴀᴛᴏʀ (@KillBillBride) June 28, 2020
#Sadak2
— Insaaf Ke Sipahi (@Insaaf_KeSipahi) June 28, 2020
Can't believe @DisneyplusHSVIP is gonna stream Pedophile Mahesh Bhatt's film. Late Jiah Khan's sister revealed how this creep used to make her uncomfortable.
Bhatt even tried to prove late Sushant Singh Rajput mentally unstable to save Alia Bhatt & Nepotism@disneyplus pic.twitter.com/zgQW0Lf9WW
cancel #Sadak2 and trend #MaheshBhattIsAPedophile @disneyplus pic.twitter.com/qQmK2dKyFw
— Vagabond (@ExMachina1196) June 28, 2020
Instead of trending #sadak2
— SarcasticMemer (@EngineerMunda) June 28, 2020
Trend this #boycottsadak2 ❌❌❌ pic.twitter.com/sShKt6xLRs
#Sadak2 boycott sadak and all movie of pedophile Mahesh tharki Buddha .if u gonna watch it , then u r promoting filth in this society #boycottsadak2 pic.twitter.com/GHt47CIy5v
— Jafar Neutral (@JafarNeutral) June 28, 2020
Attention...Attention...Attention....
— Kangana Ranaut 👑FAN👑 (@its_beb0) June 29, 2020
Public it's your turn to show your power to this blady nepotism products boycott #sadak2
And ab inko sadak pe laana aapke hath mein hai
Let's do it unitely.#cbiforsushant #BoycottSadak2 pic.twitter.com/7oa5kibKE7