Diljit Dosanjh shares trailer of 'Sardaar Ji 3' featuring Pakistani actor Hania Aamir, faces backlash
Popular singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has found himself at the receiving end of a social media backlash after the trailer of his upcoming Punjabi film, Sardaar Ji 3, which features Pakistani actor Hania Aamir, dropped online.
Sharing the trailer of the horror-comedy franchise on his Instagram on June 23, Dosanjh said the film will release exclusively overseas on June 27.
The comments section of the actor's social media platform quickly turned into a storm of angry reactions with Indian netizens expressing their disappointment over his decision to work with a Pakistani artiste, amid cross-border tensions between the neighbouring countries.
"May we witness the most embarrassing downfall of Diljit Dosanjh in the history of public embarrassments... a kind of downfall that his PR could never salvage," wrote one user on X.
One comment read, "I used to be his fan, but this is unforgivable. And it gives a bad name to us and the Punjab he loves to gloat about."
The controversy comes in the wake of the recent Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, followed by India's Operation Sindhoor on May 7, when air strikes were carried out in Pakistan.
The social media accounts of several Pakistani artistes, including Hania Aamir, were no longer accessible in India following the Pahalgam attack.
The trailer of Sardaar Ji 3 is currently not on YouTube India but has been shared by Dosanjh on his Instagram page.
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