Crossing a major social media milestone, actor Alia Bhatt has shared an appreciation post on Instagram. Thanking her fans on the occasion of crossing 50 million followers, Alia also made a reference to the hate she received after Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Sharing a picture, Alia wrote, “Today is appreciation day.. thank you my family.. my people.. you have today given me 50M love.. I love you ALL to the stars and beyond. I'd like to take this moment to share something I've learned over the last couple of months.. social media connects us.. it excites us and yes it also entertains us.. but IT IS NOT US.”
She added, “Even when I was at 5, 15, 50K love I was as happy and as grateful as I am today. I truly truly truly believe that our lives are made up of the relationships we cultivate with people and most importantly OURSELVES...no one has the right to make you feel any lesser or greater by the touch of a button.”
“So as I said, today is appreciation day. I would like you all to take a moment and appreciate yourselves.. appreciate your mind, your body, your heart and your soul!! Because no like or dislike.. no follow or unfollow..no troll or poll can take who YOU are away from yourself. Ok bye.”
Alia and several from the film fraternity faced a lot of flak after Sushant's death. Her latest movie 'Sadak 2' was also attacked online with viewers ganging up and downvoting its trailer to make it the most 'disliked' movie trailer on YouTube.