Casual Comment Lands Superstar in Trouble

Shah Rukh Khan’s latest venture on the silver screen ‘Dear Zindagi’, featuring actor Alia Bhatt, has earned a lot of positive reactions from the public. However, the twitterati seem to be angry at him for something. Apparently, the renowned actor recently did a promotional interview for the film and one statement from the interview did not go well with the Twitter users.

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In an attempt to praise director Gauri Shinde and actress Alia Bhatt, the actor said, “I don’t want to sound pro-feminist and say that these girls have made a beautiful film yaar, but they really have.” The reactions to this statement went from disbelief to disappointment to rage.

While Harkeerat Kaur Anand said, “Can’t believe it’s 2016 and @iamsrk has a problem sounding ‘Pro-Feminist’! Why,oh why? #SoHeartbroken #disappointed”, twitter user @genesiaalves questioned the reason behind the statement and said, “Is it bait? Or just ignorance?” Another twitter user @samjourno123 commented, “The word you might be looking for is ‘patronising’, SRK.”