Shikara: Big jolt to Vidhu Vinod Chopra as netizens trend #BoycottShikara for ‘hiding the reality’
Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits’ is hitting the headlines ever since the film released on Friday. The Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film that narrates the ordeal of Kashmiri Pandits is receiving backlash from the audience. The internet is trending #BoycottShikara as according to the people the film hide the reality and commercialised the genocide.
They also stated that the film should be shunned for twisting the facts, one of the users wrote, “It's an insult to those who were forced to Kashmiri Pandits, shame on the entire film crew #Boycott_Shikara”
It's an insult to those who were forced to Kashmiri Pandits, shame on the entire film crew #Boycott_Shikara
— Prakash Hindu (@prakash6568) February 8, 2020
Whereas another user wrote, “@VVCFilms is insulting the Hindu woman & society.. 99% of Bollywood movies are 2-3hour long sponsored advertisements, to spread propaganda stories, preaching fake secularism & showing manipulated history/facts #Boycott_Shikara#Shikara”
@VVCFilms is insulting the hindu woman & society..
— JAYAKRISHNA #iam JK (@JKnair18) February 8, 2020
99% of Bollywood movies are 2-3hour long sponsored advertisements,to spread propaganda stories, preaching fake secularism & showing manipulated history/facts
#Boycott_Shikara#Shikara
#Boycott_Shikara @VVCFilms
— ★∆r⛎n∆b♓️ G⛎pt∆★🇮🇳🕉️ (@gupta_arunabh) February 8, 2020
Extremely sad that you've choosen to hide the real truth & the real plight of Kashmiri Hindus If you cant show the reality then don't insult it by commercializing a genocide Shameful and Disgraceful#KashmiriPandits #Muslims #Article370 @rahulpandita
disappointed with myself for having believed @VVCFilms would do justice with our community. Vidhu Chopra pretended all along that Shikara is untold story of pandits,and made people reach theatre to find out more,only to see a love story undermining our genocide #Boycott_Shikara
— naveen raina (@nvnraina) February 8, 2020
Let VVC realise the only objective he had was to make money and he couldn't do that even by twisting facts #Boycott_Shikara
— sid 🇮🇳 (@Sid18672054) February 8, 2020
@VVCFilms u disappointed us, Shame. This is mockery #Boycott_Shikara
— Time Traveller (@iam_shaandilya) February 8, 2020
Also, there were reports that a woman belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit community broke down after watching Shikara and then lashed out at the director for commercialising the plight of the people. The lady started shouting at Vidhu when he came after the screening to interact with the audience. The video of the same is also going viral on all social media platforms.
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Shame on @VVCFilms for #Shikara
— Social Crusader🚩 (@Xs2partner) February 7, 2020
No matter if Kashmiri Hindu Women Breaks down into tears 😭
Vidhu Vinod Chopra chose money making over facts 🤬
@neelakantha how he said this 👉 "Bahut acha boli , talli bajao, inke liye shikara 2 banayenge" pic.twitter.com/Fun2M1kQgo
Even, BJP’s veteran politician LK Advani was also present at the special screening who was snapped crying after watching the film.
LK Advani in tears after watching #Shikara. Don't blindly trust this poisonous propaganda on social media. https://t.co/bb7Vt1xMLW
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) February 7, 2020
Earlier, Deepika Padukone’s Chapaak falls prey to the boycott trend after he stood in solidarity with the students at Jawaharlal Nehru University. However, the actress stood strong and didn't let such criticism affect her or her skills.
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First published: 8 February 2020, 14:49 IST