Alia Bhat speaks out on deleting RRR promotional posts on Insta
Actor Alia Bhatt has spoken for the first time on the ongoing controversy over deleting promotional Instagram posts of SS Rajamouli’s RRR.
The epic action drama is doing extremely well in the Box office since its release about a week back, but reports suggested that Ali Bhat was apparently miffed with the makers for truncating her role in the film overshadowed by stars like Ram Charan and NTR. Fans observed that Alia had either deleted or archived several of the videos and posts she had put on her Instagram feed in the run-up to RRR’s release.
The film has grossed ₹672 crore in six days worldwide collection. It is already the seventh highest-grossing Indian film of all-time and trade analysts estimate it may cross the ₹1000-crore barrier soon.
On Thursday (March 31), Alia took to social media to clarify. Sharing a long note on Instagram Stories, the actor wrote, “In today’s randomness I’ve heard that I apparently deleted my RRR posts because I’m upset with the team.” She added that the reason she deleted the old RRR posts was because she wanted to de-clutter her feed. “I sincerely request everyone not to make assumptions based on something as random as an Instagram grid. I ALWAYS realign old video posts from my profile grid because I prefer it to look less cluttered.”
Ali also thanked Rajamouli and her co-stars. “I am eternally grateful that I got to be a part of the world of RRR. I loved playing Sita, I loved being directed by Rajamouli Sir, I loved working with Tarak and Charan – I loved every single thing about my experience on this film,” the post further read.
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Speaking further, Alia said she is posting the explanation only to make sure the hard work put in by the RRR team doesn’t go waste. “The only reason I’m bothering to clarify this is because Rajamouli Sir and the team have put in years of effort and energy to bring this beautiful film to life and I refuse to let any misinformation around the film and experience slide,” she said.
RRR is an epic period action drama film directed by S S Rajamouli, who wrote the film with K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. It is produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody and Olivia Morris. It is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and their fight against the British Raj.
