Vikrant Massey Memes Viral After The Sabarmati Report Star 'Changes' Ideology: Ab Hindus Ko Baap...

The Sabarmati Report: Vikrant Massey, Ridhi Dogra and Raashii Khanna will play journalists in the movie inspired by "true events" that occurred on the fateful morning of February 27 at the Godhra Junction, 125 km away from Ahmedabad, where a train carrying kar sevaks from Ayodhya were burnt to death. As the film gears up for its theatrical debut on November 15, many on social media have pointed out Vikrant's "hypocrisy" during the film promotions by bringing up his old remarks.

Vikrant Massey's old 'liberal' comments go viral before The Sabarmati Report release

In conversation with Shubhankar Mishra on his show Unplugged, Vikrant said "I was a big critic of BJP . But as I travelled across the country, I realised that things are not so bad, Muslims are not in danger in the country."

The actor's comments have been seen as a U-Turn from his older beliefs, where he had largely made remarks questioning secularism in India while he criticised the right-wing ideology. Many on social media claimed that since Vikrant needs the support of a section of the audience now to make his movie a hit, he is catering to them through his statements during recent interviews. Many memes of the 12th Fail star have also gone viral on social media.

Vikrant compares Godhra train burning incident to 9/11 attacks

At the trailer launch event of the film, Vikrant Massey shared that he has received death threats on social media but he is not worried as The Sabarmati Report, set in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident in 2002, is "purely based on facts".

"We read the newspaper and move on and this has become a norm. But this was our 9/11 which changed our socio-political fabric overnight," the actor said, drawing parallels with the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and the Godhra incident.