Alia's 'Sadak 2' the most disliked trailer on YouTube
Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's 'Sadak 2' reaches the guts of a controversy, and it hasn't even released yet. The trailer for the film, his first collaboration with younger daughter Alia Bhatt, premiered on Wednesday, and has swiftly become the most-disliked video on YouTube, less than 24 hours later.
The trailer has received 4.5 million 'dislikes' on the video sharing platform, with a massively unfavorable 'like-dislike' ratio. With an increase of than 15 million views, only 2,55,000 persons have 'liked' the trailer.
A campaign to create it the most disliked trailer on YouTube was initiated in the times before its unveiling, by fans of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who died by suicide in June. Sushant's fans have been propagating the conspiracy theory that the actor was ostracized by the film industry, especially by 'insiders', which drove him to suicide.
Mahesh Bhatt, a couple of days prior to the trailer's release, had shared a note for fans via his elder daughter Pooja Bhatt, who also stars in the film. "Today as we start the last leg of our journey.I feel unshackled! I carry no burden, no weight.
No reputation to hold to. No mission to accomplish. Nothing to prove to anyone. If the film works it belongs to all or any of you. If it generally does not, it's mine," he said. 'Sadak 2', a sequel to his 1991 film starring Sanjay Dutt and Pooja, will be released on Disney+ Hotstar on August 28.
The film was designed for a theatrical release, but producer Mukesh Bhatt said that these were forced to take the streaming route following the coronavirus pandemic shut down several industries, including film. The recent Netflix film, 'GunjanSaxena: The Kargil Girl', in addition has been trolled for similar reasons, using its IMDb rating being attacked.
