Pooja Bhatt turns her Instagram account private after getting death threats

New Delhi:After  receiving massive trolling and death threats for her family and herself,  Bollywood actor director Pooja Bhatt has decided to turn her Instagram account private.

Taking to social media,, Pooja Bhatt, who is looking forward to her much awaited film 'Sadak 2' starring Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanjay Dutt,  said that she is turning her public Instagram account private.

In her post, Pooja said that  over the past few times, she has been receiving death threats on Instagram from anonymous trolls. She further questioned that what would one call such comments that wish death on one's family and them.

 ''I used to ignore this kind of talk as I used to believe that only those people who are in pain themselves want to hurt another and also that if you accept love,  you must accept criticism too. But is someone wishing you and your family death, constructive criticism or just an attempt at vile cyber bullying?"

I have been advised to turn off all comments but by doing that you shut out all constructive,  well meaning feedback as well. What I have done now is make my account private. You want access to my world? Make a request. You want to converse with me,cut out the abuse,''she said. 

On the death threats to her on social media,  Pooja Bhatt said, ''as for wishing me death, the same Universe and God that watches over you, watches over me as well. I'll pass when life decides for me'. As ,one as life keeps me breathing,  I will live to the optimum and revel in the now.''

Wishing well, for the 'haters', she said, ''We seem to have become a pathetic lot.. spewing abuse,inciting violence,following agendas of manufactured hate like sheep. We are still in the middle of a pandemic. People are dying in huge numbers every day... due to Covid,hunger, depression and unemployment. But those lives lost don't seem to concern the haters. Their hate is what consumes them instead. But yet,I wish them well." 

She wished that time would heal such people as she turned her account private.Pooja shared a photo with Steve Maraboli's quote that read, "I don't have the time, energy or interest in hating the haters; I am too busy loving the lovers."

Pooja Bhatt is currently awaiting the release of her next film 'Sadak 2' on the OTT platform.The film is a sequel to the 1991 film that originally starred Pooja Bhatt and Sanjay Dutt. It is all set to release on Disney Plus Hotstar on August 28.(UNI)