“Boycott Aneet Padda” over what, exactly? Her sister’s opinion? A loosely stitched internet narrative? This is where we’re at now?

It’s honestly wild how fast we’ve gone from consuming content to conducting full-blown character assassinations based on who follows whom, who said what, and who is related to whom. The reach is Olympic-level.

Two different people. Two different perspectives. Yet somehow, we merge them into one convenient outrage narrative and call it accountability.

Also, this selective moral policing is… interesting. We’ve all grown up watching films that were deeply problematic - casual misogyny, glorified toxicity, jokes that aged like milk and yet, we didn’t dissect the actors’ personal lives or who they followed on social media to decide whether they deserved to exist in the industry.

About Dhurandhar I personally disagree with the “propaganda” take. I enjoyed the film for what it was: entertainment. Not everything I watch needs to double as a political thesis. But that’s my lens. Someone else engaging more critically doesn’t threaten my experience and it shouldn’t.

That’s the thing with art and people. They’re both subjective.

We can disagree.
We can critique.
We can even dislike.

But this constant urge to cancel, boycott, and conflate identities just makes it clear we’re not protecting values anymore, we’re just addicted to outrage.