Why Is Boycott 'Sitaare Zameen Par' Trending On ‘X’?

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 11:36 IST

#BoycottSitaareZameenPar gained substance connected 'X' aft the trailer of Aamir Khan's upcoming movie 'Sitaare Zameen Par' dropped connected YouTube connected May 13.

Calls for boycotting Aamir Khan's upcoming movie 'Sitaare Zameen Par' were made connected 'X' arsenic the trailer of the Aamir Khan Productions task dropped connected YouTube connected May 13.

It’s lone been a fewer hours since the trailer of the much-anticipated ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ dropped online and calls for boycotting Aamir Khan’s latest outing person already started garnering traction connected societal media level ‘X’. The Bollywood perfectionist returns to the surface aft ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ (2022), the Hindi remake of ‘Forrest Gump’, which failed to onslaught the chord with the movie goers. Touted arsenic the “spiritual" sequel of 2007’s endearing ‘Taare Zameen Par’ that followed the mundane beingness and struggles of a lad with undiagnosed learning difficulties, ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ sees Khan ditching the relation of teacher for a hoops manager who has been sentenced by the tribunal to bid a squad of intellectually disabled players.

The comments nether the upcoming movie are each astir emotion and acceptance portion Khan has been praised for making a movie astir radical with intelligence disabilities that could possibly bring a akin taste displacement successful the nine and commencement a dialog that ‘Taare Zameen Par’ could achieve.

So wherefore precisely a well-meaning movie, made nether Khan’s highly-successful banner Aamir Khan Productions, is facing vigor and boycott connected ‘X’?

Boycott Sitaare Zameen Par

Photos of “Boycott" slapped connected the poster of ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ on with the now-trending hashtag #BoycottSitaareZameenPar were circulated connected blogging website ‘X’.

A fewer online commentators besides shared pics of Aamir Khan photographed with Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan backmost successful 2020 during his visit.

Khan visited the state to sprout immoderate portions of his movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ and was subjected to online flak adjacent backmost past arsenic Turkey shared a affable enslaved with Pakistan.

Turkey In News

Indian citizens person taken a beardown and vocal stance against Turkey aft the state publically supported Pakistan erstwhile the Indian Armed Forces responded with a bid of rocket strikes connected panic camps successful Pak and PoK nether “Operation Sindoor" connected May 7. India’s retaliation came a mates of weeks aft 26 guiltless tourists were massacred successful Pahalgam connected April 22. The ongoing tensions betwixt India and Pakistan besides made Indians crook their backs connected Turkish Airlines successful an online protest.

Also Read: Here’s Why ‘Boycott Turkish Airlines’ Is Trending On Social Media: ‘A Call To Every Proud Indian’

Aamir Khan Speaks On Pahalgam

Not the 1 to shy distant from speaking his mind, Khan precocious broke his soundlessness connected the horrific Pahalgam onslaught saying the state wanted justness and helium had afloat religion successful the Indian government.

The histrion said: “Humein justness chahiye… Aur hum chahte hain ki aage aisa na ho, toh uske liye kadam uthaya jaaye (We privation justice… and we privation steps to beryllium taken to guarantee that this does not hap again)."

The ‘Dangal’ histrion further added: “Mujhe yakeen hai ki sarkar aise saare kadam uthayegi jahan humein justness mile. Jinhone ye jo galat kaam kiya hai, they should beryllium brought to justness (I americium definite that the authorities volition instrumentality each the indispensable steps truthful that we get just...