'This has to stop': Pooja Bhatt slams 'miserable souls' online, says ignoring not enough

Outr against stars of film families has perhaps reduced to an extent in last few days, but fact remains that star kids have been at receiving end of vicious trolling in aftermath of Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Celebrities of Bhatt family have been among those to have been subjected to abuse. While Mahesh Bhatt and Alia Bhatt have maintained silence, Pooja Bhatt has been hitting out at trolls. 

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In her latest statement, Pooja Bhatt sent a stern mess to trolls and wrote that it was t eugh to merely igre m. actor-filmmaker wrote that ‘muting’ aggressive, abusive behaviour was t solution and that it was important to report and block ‘abusive behaviour’ towards everyone. She compared it to how one chooses whom to let into ir homes, and in same way, one should t allow ir social media handles to be ‘inundated by motivated/misguided/inherently miserable souls.’

Zakhm star also wrote that criticism was one thing and abuse ar, but igring latter seemed to ‘fuel those unleashing it to target more people.’ Pooja called for trolling ‘to stop.’ She added that one can ‘agree to disagree’, but having a platform on social media did t give m ‘ right to make threats & hurl abuse.’

Here are tweets 

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As a netizen pointed out that people having power to criticise was t wrong, but targetted attacks were problem, Pooja stated that criticism was t ‘power' in same way praise was t and both had to be taken with a pinch of salt.

She also agreed with a netizen on trolls being like a 'virus' and compared it to COVID-19 situation by highlighting importance to wash hands, wear a mask, sanitisation and maintaining social distancing. 

Pooja also stated that she was ‘t worried’ about 'chamchaaas', in response to a netizen's comment, while highlighting that one should take action against abuse. Asking wher it was ‘social media or anti-social media’, she termed trolls as ‘Motivated, misguided or inherently miserable people’ for targeting those y don’t have access to and added that igring m ‘fuels ir frustration & makes m direct hate elsewhere.’

Earlier, Pooja had shared a pic from ‘90s to state that she has always been in ‘hot water’ and was unfazed by criticism. Alia, however, has turned off her comments on Instagram, due to abuse, while her mor Soni Razdan too had vented out about having to do so while slamming trolls. 

Meanwhile, on professional front, family banner’s Sadak 2 is soon gearing up for release on Disney+Hotstar. film has been directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and apart from Alia and Pooja, also stars Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapur.

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