Actor Rishi Kapoor embarked on a Twitter offensive against trolls over the last couple of days, posting not only retaliatory tweets but also sending direct messages or DMs, some of them to women. His democratic takedown of the messages he receives online appears to have backfired somewhat.
The 64-year-old star has now been accused of being abusive to women, and several Twitter users have shared screenshots of the DMs received. A Twitter user shared multiple screenshots and wrote: “First abuse women via. DM and then abuse Parsi community on Twitter. That’s oldie Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor @chintskap for you ppl. (sic).” We are not reproducing the expletive-filled tweets here.
Kapoor, known for his politically incorrect style of tweeting, was enraged by what he describes as ‘wise cracks’ after two separate tweets posted on March 5 – in one, he asked what he and new father Karan Johar had in common (the answer – both have named their sons after their fathers) and in the second, he enquired on which TV channel the Pakistan Super League matches were being broadcast. He spent the next day blocking or tweeting to ‘idiots and smart asses’ and anyone he considered was trying to be funny.
