Sadak2: Trending #1 In India; But Most Disliked!

The trailer of Sadak 2, featuring Sanjay Dutt and Alia Bhatt, released on Wednesday morning, and by late afternoon it had received a million 'dislikes' - to be clear, dislikes, and not likes.

The trailer of the movie, especially one packed with marquee names, generally gets many more likes than it does dislike; this has been reversed for Sadak 2. Till now, there were 298k likes and 5.3M dislikes on YouTube. The Internet, it appears, is making good on its declared intention of boycotting Sadak 2.

This intended boycott is due to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death on June 14, allegedly by suicide. After the 34-year-old was found dead at home in Mumbai, speculation that he was pushed to the brink in part by the alleged treatment he received from Bollywood ‘insiders’; among them is Alia Bhatt, as Twitter reminded everyone, had spoken dismissively of Sushant on the chat show Koffee With Karan.

Sadak 2 is directed by Mahesh Bhatt has also contributed to the surge of social media hate. Mr. Bhatt is known to be close to actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is being questioned in the investigation into the actor's death. Rhea, who was dating Sushant, is accused by his family of illegally transferring money amounting to ₹ 15 crores from the actor's account and driving him to suicide.

Sushant Singh Rajput's last movie Dil Bechara released last month - the trailer of the movie received 10 million likes on YouTube.