Published 15:45 IST, July 6th 2020
Hansal Mehta starts petition with message for Big B amid tiff with KRK, 500+ sign
Hansal Mehta started a petition with a message for Amitabh Bachchan amid the tiff with KRK over Sushant's death. 500+ people also urged Big B to unfollow KRK.
To say that Kamaal Rashid Khan is in the midst of a controversy might not be surprising because he is often in the news for the wrong reasons. While the ‘critic’s views on various topics are mostly ignored by celebrities, his comments in the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death have irked Hansal Mehta, Manoj Bajpayee and Milap Zaveri. After slamming KRK, now Hanal Mehta has started a petition urging Amitabh Bachchan to unfollow KRK.
Hansal Mehta wrote a lengthy note to Big B via the petition to make his request. Hailing the actor as ‘ iconic actor, role model, respected public figure’ and one with a massive fan following, and praising his hallmarks of ‘dignity, empathy and humility’ in his public life, the filmmaker wrote that it was ‘disturbing’ that someone of his stature was following the ‘toxic social media presence.’ The Shahid filmmaker claimed that KRK ‘gained notoriety’ because of his ‘abusive tweets and videos’.
Hansal also accused him of being ‘allegedly paid to promote films and to be abusive towards certain sections of the film industry.’ He also wrote that KRK had ‘made a business out of trolling, abuse and mental harassment.’
Hansal Mehta wrote that by following Khan, Amitabh Bachchan was making an ‘indirect endorsement’ for the ‘hate and abuse.’ The director urged the veteran to ‘desist from indirectly encouraging the toxic behaviour’ that had caused ‘mental harassment’ to many.
Here's the tweet
The petition already received over 500 signatures till the time of publishing the story.
Amitabh Bachchan had made headlines in 2018 when he had tweeted after KRK had returned to Twitter. He had called KRK as ‘irrepressible’, ‘straight talking’ and ‘without any frills.’
KRK is currently in the news for slamming the celebrities of the film industry, as they face flak for nepotism, favouritism that allegedly led to boycotting of Sushant and his ouster from films. Milap Zaveri had released a video of how KRK himself had criticised Sushant many times in the past. Hansal Mehta too posted his tweets that had called Sushant a bad actor. The director fumed at KRK a few days ago, warning him not to mess with him, and also tagged Mumbai Police to probe him in Sushant’s case.
Updated 15:45 IST, July 6th 2020