Alia Bhatt’s anti-drug video sparks backlash

Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt featured in an anti-drug awareness video released by the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Chandigarh division.

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00:00Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt appeared in an anti-drug awareness video by the Narcotics

00:07Control Bureau Chandigarh on August 14, 2025, urging people to reject drugs and support

00:13hashtag DrugsFreeBharat.

00:15Soon after the video went live, NCB was forced to disable the comment section on its post

00:19following a barrage of trolling.

00:21The message was part of NCB's campaign DrugsFreeBharat and Nasha Mukti Bharat.

00:25In the video, Alia addressed the issue of drug addiction, calling it a growing threat

00:29to individuals, society and the nation.

00:31The video was shared more than 680 times and has garnered over 1.1 million views.

00:36Although the clip now shows only a handful of comments, it was widely reposted on X with

00:40sarcastic digs at Alia, her husband Ranbir Kapoor and other Bollywood stars.

00:44The trolling escalated further when users resurfaced an old video from filmmaker Karan Johar's

00:492019 house party featuring Ranbir, Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan and others,

00:55a clip that had previously triggered allegations of drug use.

00:58The backlash stemmed from a perceived disconnect between Bollywood's past controversies and

01:02the anti-drug message.

01:03After the death of Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020, several high-profile actors including Deepika

01:08Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor were questioned in drug-related investigations.

01:12In 2021, Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested in a cruise ship drug case but he was later

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