Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor compliment each other on social media even as their fans fight on X
File image of Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor
Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor's fans may be warring on social media on who is the biggest Bollywood actress at the moment, but the two seem to be sending each other love on Instagram. The teaser of Bhatt's new film Jigra was unveiled on Sunday and has received praise from peers in the film industry, including Shraddha Kapoor, who is riding high on the success of her recent film Stree 2.
As the teaser was unveiled it led to debate on X on whether Alia is the top heroine of Bollywood. Shraddha Kapoor's fans, however, felt differently and this led to a heated debate between the two fandoms.
The two actors, however, put up a friendly front. Shraddha took to Instagram Stories to praise Jigra's teaser. “Ye toh theatre mein bhai ke saath dekhna hai (I need to watch this in the theatre with my brother),” she wrote. “Kamaal ladki hai Alia Bhatt, kya amazing trailer hai Vasan Bala (Alia is such a marvelous girl. The trailer is amazing),” she added in her post as she re-shared the teaser on IG.
In response, Alia thanked Shraddha as she addressed her as 'blockbuster Stree'.
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Fan wars
After the trailer release, Alia's fans called her the ‘real female superstar of Bollywood’, a term that was being attached with Shraddha Kapoor after the recent success of her film Stree 2.
A person wrote, “Doing a 20-30 minute role in a multi-starrer film is not female-centric. This is what female-centric actually looks like.” They were seemingly taking a dig at Shraddha's Stree 2, which also starred Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and others. Shraddha had a short but important role in the movie.
Another wrote, “Acting of Alia in two-min teaser>> Shraddha in that whole overhyped movie.” A tweet read, “Bye bye Shraddha Kapoor, bye bye Stree 2, Alia Bhatt will smash corporate lady star Shraddha Kapoor without any sequel hype, cameos by Akshay Kumar, Varun Dhawan, Maddock Universe.”
Shraddha was also recently amid a 'credit war' with Stree co-star Rajkummar Rao. Multiple social media posts credited either of the two stars for the success of the movie- something that others felt was a PR strategy of both stars.
Even co-stars Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Bannerjee and director Amar Kaushik commented on it.
Meanwhile, Jigra is going to be Alia's second production after Darlings. The film explores the bond between a sister and her younger brother. Alia and Vedang Raina play siblings in the film which is helmed by Vasan Bala.