Soon after the trailer launch of ‘Udta Punjab’, Alia Bhatt has been facing severe heat from the Bihari community. While the trailer has impressed masses, a letter slamming Alia Bhatt for stereotyping Biharis became viral yesterday.
According to Indian media reports, the girl who has written the hard hitting letter has ranted that Alia is seen wearing tattered clothes and uses abusive language which is not how Biharis are and behave.
The letter reads, “Just like the rest of the country, I am thrilled by the intense trailer of Udta Punjab. Shahid looks like a rockstar. The movie appears gritty and real. The music is something we’re all waiting madly for. But just one thing, I somehow could not digest your migrant Bihari character. While others, reportedly, got ‘goose bumps’ watching you, I thought you were trying too hard to pass off as Bihari”.
She further added, “Your treatment of the character is nothing but a concoction of stereotypes. (Trust me, this kind of stereotyping is far ahead of what even Chetan Bhagat is capable of.) Secondly, ‘Bihari’ is not a language. People in Bihar converse in Maithili, Bhojpuri, Maghai or Angika. They don't speak in ‘Bihari’; people who originate here are referred to as Biharis and not their language. Thirdly, do you really think all Biharis are poor and look like this? Shame”.
Alia Bhatt took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to post a very telling picture which says, “For every action, there is equal and opposite reaction plus a social media over reaction.” She has captioned the picture with a cryptic ‘hmmmm’.
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