Published 19:14 IST, October 12th 2024

Alia Bhatt Me Bahut Jigra Hai: Divya Khossla Kumar Accuses Actress Of Faking Box Office Collection

Alia Bhatt starrer Jigra has been off to a slow start at the box office. Savi actress Divya Khossla Kumar took to the opportunity to take a potshot at her.

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Divya Khosla accuses Alia Bhatt of showing fake bookings for Jigra | Image: Instagram
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Alia Bhatt starrer Jigra hit big screens on October 11, a day before Dussehra holiday. film, directed by Vasan Bala, has taken a slow start at box office and raked in a mere ₹4.55 crore. This comes after movie was riddled with controversies surrounding nepotism and plagiarism accusations. Divya Khossla Kumar, who was last seen in Savi, took to her Instagram account to pen a te claiming that Alia Bhatt has been anuncing fake collections of Jigra.

Divya Khossla Kumar claims Alia Bhatt has rigged Jigra box office collection 

On October 12, a day after release of Jigra, Divya Khossla Kumar, who is married to T-Series Chairman Bhushan Kumar, took to her Instagram account to pen a te for Alia Bhatt starrer. She shared that she h gone to watch a film in a atre which was “totally empty”. Divya ded that Alia Bhatt anunced a fake collection of her film after buying tickets for shows herself.

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A screengrab of Divya Khossla's post | Im: Instagram 

Divya Khosla Kumar wrote, "Went to Citi Mall PVR for Jigra show. atre was totally empty … all aters going empty every where. #Aliabhatt me sach mein Bahut #Jigra hai.. khud hi tickets karide aur fake collections anunce kar diye ( Alia Bhatt has some guts to buy tickets of her own film and n anunce fake collections). Wonder why paid media is silent. #weshdtfoolaudience #truthoverlies #HappyDussehra Х (sic).” Her mess is w going viral on social media. This te also comes amid reports of Jigra being a copy of Divya starrer Savi.

Interestingly, Divya’s Savi is said to follow same jail break story as that of Alia’s Jigra ( only difference being in Savi, titular character played by Divya carries out prison break of her husband, and in Jigra, Alia takes her bror out of prison).

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Kangana Ranaut launches scathing attack on Alia Bhatt over Jigra's slow start?


Divya's attack on Alia Bhatt comes a day after Kangana Ranaut seemingly took a dig at actress and movie makers. On October 11, taking to her Instagram Stories, Kangana dropped a te that re, "When you destroy woman-centric films and make sure that y don't work, y don't work, even when you make m. Re that again. Thanks."

A screengrab of Kangana Ranaut 's post | Im: Instagram 

While Kangana did t mention Jigra or Alia Bhatt , social media users speculated that her post was an indirect dig. Alia Bhatt 's Jigra opened to a dismal ₹4.55 crore at box office as per Sacnilk.

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18:03 IST, October 12th 2024