6 fine Indian actors, singers or filmmakers who were trolled for various reasons – won the fans with their craft but got trolled for various statements and actions.
With the rise of social media where artists have got much love of their fans for their work, their other actions and statements also led to many netizens troll them. While almost every celebrity receives some kind of hatred and trolling for their work either by the disappointed fans or some PR led by their competitors, here we have picked artist who are unbeatable at their craft and has been recognized as great artists, but their off screen actions has faced much backlash on internet and in media.
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Naseeruddin Shah.
Naseeruddin Shah has been regarded as one of the greatest actor of Indian cinema who is much respected and praised by his peers with many putting him as finest actor in the world as well. To put it in perspective, if you consider Pankaj Tripathi aka Kaleen Bhaiyaa from Mirzapur a great actor, who considers Manoj Bajpayee as his idol and inspiration, then Bajpayee himself has stated Shah as the biggest actor in the world.
However, this legendary actor also faced much backlash on social media for making statements about films Industry and politics.
Manoj Tiwari.
Actor, singer and politician, Manoj Tiwari, has been regarded as one of the most popular artists of Bhojpuri film industry. He gave us the iconic ‘Jiya Ho Bihaar Ke Lala’ from Gangs Of Wasseypur and is now trending with another banger ‘Hind Ke Sitaara’ from Panchayat web series. While the singer Manoj Tiwari has got much love of fans, the politician Manoj Tiwari is often getting trolled for various statements.
Mahesh Bhatt.
Mahesh Bhatt has been listed among some of the finest Indian film makers who has gained success and critical acclaim for both parallel and commercial cinema. He has won 4 National Film Awards and Three Filmfare awards. However the father of Alia Bhatt is often getting trolled for his behavior with people and statements about films, actors as well as politics.
Kangana Ranaut.
Kangana Ranaut emerged as one of the finest actress of her generation who gave hit women centric films like Queen and Tanu Weds Manu. However the National Award winning actress made much buzz for her clash with Karan Johar, statements on nepotism in Bollywood, the ugly fight with Hrithik Roshan and her political views which led to recently getting slapped by a CISF officer at the airport. The actress is often getting trolled for her statements on various topics.
Anurag Kashyap.
Anurag Kashyap is the man behind the cult film Gangs Of Wasseypur and other acclaimed films like Black Friday, Dev. D, Ugly and Mukkabaaz. While he holds his spot high as an acclaimed film maker, his statements on film making and politics as sparked many controversies and the artist has faced much backlash and trolling on social media.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The master film-maker, known for aesthetically pleasing films like Devdas, Bajirao Mastani and Heeramandi web series, Bhansali, recently seemed to disappoint many with his selection of Sharmin Segal for the role of Alamzeb in Heeramandi.
Sharmin faced much trolling for her acting skills and showing no expressions in this series featuring Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Manisha Koirala and Richa Chadha.
While netizens were ready to forget her performance and hope for something better from her in next project, her behavior and statements for her co-stars in various interviews only led the netizens to troll the actress and boycott her more. While Sharmin Segal is the one who faced all the hatred, Bhansali, was also held responsible by many as Sharmin is his niece and Guzaarish director was called out for supporting nepotism.