A couple of days ago, a little girl, who identifies herself as a digital creator and child actor, went viral for brilliantly mimicking Alia Bhatt’s dialogues from her upcoming movie ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi‘. The girl is seen dressed in white, completing her look with a face tattoo and a bindi, just like Alia’s character in the film.
Here’s her lip-sync video:
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While some lauded her acting skills and lovingly called her ‘Choti Alia’, many thought that the recreation of Alia’s character, a female mafia don and madam of a brothel, by the child was inappropriate.
Little Alia Bhatt, What a talent ✓#AliaBhatt #Gangubai pic.twitter.com/jd1sdoyK7V
— 🇵 🇷 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓 (@Singh5Prashant) February 13, 2022
Filmfare was also called out for sharing the video on their handle. However, after facing flak online, the magazine dropped the tweet.
Thanks friends, for supporting g this cause. It’s deleted but I am sure they will do something pathetic like this again. pic.twitter.com/H3c0DaL3KZ
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) February 13, 2022
Are you out of your bloody mind, @filmfare? You are enjoying a little child recreate a real life madame who was sexually assaulted by mafia dons and forced into prostitution. Sorry but I think @KanoongoPriyank should have a look. This is sick. WDTT https://t.co/L07ujN2v4t
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) February 13, 2022
I’d urge @filmfare to be a little sensitive to what you’ll are exposing children to and the kind of audience you’ll cater to by using young kids. Parents, I hope you’ll rethink how and what your children are used for. 🙏🏼
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) February 13, 2022
Happy to know that #Filmfare has finally removed this tweet. There can be no compromise with the future and proper upbringing of our kids. https://t.co/HRuUn4RcBq pic.twitter.com/bNuG8HE2d3
— Pranav Mahajan (@pranavmahajan) February 13, 2022
Shame on @filmfare and the parents as well who allowed this. You are literally using child to promote the film of #Gangubai who was harassed by Mafia dons n they made her prostitute. This is what you want child to learn.
— Kunal (@kunalischamp) February 13, 2022
Among these was ‘Manikarnika’ actor Kangana Ranaut who also criticized the video and asked, “Is it ok to sexualize her at this age?”
Taking to Instagram, Ranaut tagged Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Women and Child Development, to her post and penned:
“Should this child imitate a sex worker with a beedi in her mouth and mouth crude and obscene dialogues? Look at her body language, is it ok to sexualize her at this age? There are hundreds of other children who are being used similarly.”
A lot of people, including kids, are recreating such lip-syncing videos from movies, for exposure on social media. Do you second Kangana’s views?