Neha Dhupia is tired of trolls – and angry. Dhupia faced their heat through March because of comments made on an episode of the MTV realit...
Neha Dhupia is tired of trolls – and angry.
Dhupia faced their heat through March because of comments made on an episode of the MTV reality show Roadies Revolution. In the subsequent months, India’s keyboard warriors moved on to other targets, but they appear to have returned with the roll-out of the fifth season of Dhupia’s podcast #NoFilterNeha.
The podcast has the actor in conversation with celebrities from the film industry and beyond. The latest season, being streamed on JioSaavn Pro, features actors Saif Ali Khan, Bhumi Pednekar, Kiara Advani, Sonu Sood, Neena Gupta and Ranu Daggubati, along with cricketers Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly.
The podcast comes at a time when the internet is awash with anti-Bollywood sentiment following the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide. Social media posts of Bollywood actors are inundated with vicious abuse and calls to “ban Bollywood”. Dhupia is alarmed by the hate wave.
“How can you hate an industry that entertained you, your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents for decades?” Dhupia told Scroll.in. “You can’t be toxic to us just because we are in films. We are also doing our jobs. Are we suddenly not good enough? Are we unable to entertain you? No, the problem is everyone is sitting at home. They see movie...
