Backlash over Darlings: Netizens call Alia ‘Amber Heard of India’

CHENNAI: After Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan, actress Alia Bhatt’s Darlings has been facing severe backlash from netizens for promoting domestic violence against men via dark comedy.

With just a day left for the film’s release, the hashtag #BoycottAliaBhatt has been trending nationally and has become the talking point of the Internet.

In the film, Alia plays a domestic abuse survivor, who is seen abusing her husband, glorifying violence.

Netizens even took a step ahead to name Alia as Amber Heard of India and Vijay Varma as Johnh Depp, while a few of her fans came to the rescue.

One Twitter user wrote, “Even men are the victims of domestic abuse and in no world, we shall normalise that.”

“Alia Bhatt is nothing but Amber Heard of India. She promotes domestic violence on men and makes fun of it,” another user wrote.

Take a look at some of the tweets:

#boycottAliaBhatt because like @ipsvijrk she doesn't understand the problems faced by men. She is promoting misandry and violence in the society. These things are not joke #BoycottDarlings

— Against_BiasedLaw (@ABiasedlaw) 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

Domestic violance on MEN aren't fun #BoycottAliaBhatt #BoycottDarlings pic.twitter.com/kLQ0EQpuII

— Soul Searching. (@DXTMRA) August 3, 2022

Put a stop on Amber Heard in India.#BoycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/EI8KvebvFC

— Nirmal Kumar Kedia (@kedianirmal26) August 3, 2022

Believe all victims, regardless of gender. #BanDarlings #boycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/fct9D4rKoA

— iAtulp (@IM_atulp) August 3, 2022

Karuna Nundy: Patriarchy is coming back like a cancer and metastasizing in court judgements.

Meanwhile Alia Bhatt produces and acts in #Darlings endorsing Assault on Domestic Violence on Husbands while the nation stays mum.

This whole Victimhood is a charade.#BoycottAliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/9dxxqZmCgE

— Catachi (@itachi_senpai1) August 3, 2022

#BoycottAliaBhatt who is endorsing DV on Men.

Imagine if the genders were reversed! pic.twitter.com/OK4EDAe3pS

— Catachi (@itachi_senpai1) 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

Recently Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha made headlines as netizens said it was allegedly Hinduphobic, based on comments made by Aamir Khan in 2015.

Darlings is a special film for Alia as it's her maiden venture as a producer. The movie is directed by Jasmeet K Reen and is set to premiere tomorrow.