Trolls knew that I came from strength not cowardice: Mahesh Bhatt

Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt has been on the receiving end of trolling on social media. This was heightened in the aftermath of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide when chats between Mahesh Bhatt and Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty had surfaced. In a recent interview with Zoom TV, Mahesh Bhatt threw light on his mechanism to deal with the trolling. “There is a line by Lord Krishna, ‘Inaction is action.’ When I chose not to act, that was action. So, the trolls out there or my adversaries knew that I came from strength, did not come from cowardice. I was not a petrified man. I just chose not to be sucked into a manufactured narrative (sic),” Mahesh said. 

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Mahesh revealed that Sadak–2 starring Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt would be his last directorial. Mahesh’s daughter Alia also had to deal with trolling owing to accusations of nepotism having a role in her entry into the realm of Hindi films. “I have nothing to protect. What is there to protect? My children will take care of themselves like I took care of myself. And if there is a need, I am a firewall. You have to get to me first. So, my silence is out of choice, not some kind of fear of consequences. The virtual world seems to become more valuable than the real world. I don't subscribe to that. I think the real relationship is to cry openly in front of the camera, and that is living life there at the arena,” Mahesh added.