Chetan Bhagat Trends on Twitter After He Calls Vidhu Vinod Chopra a Bully, Says ‘He Drove Me Close to Suicide’

In a tweet, Bhagat claimed that Vidhu Vinod Chopra publicly bullied him so much that it drove him 'close to suicide'.

New Delhi: Another day and yet another bitter Twitter spat! On Tuesday, a heated exchange was witnessed on Twitter between writer Chetan Bhagat and film critic Anupama Chopra after Bhagat accused Chopra’s husband, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra of bullying him.

In a tweet, Bhagat claimed that Vidhu Vinod Chopra publicly bullied him so much that it drove him ‘close to suicide’.

It all started when on Tuesday, Anupama responded to a tweet by Chetan and criticised him for his tweet on Sushant Singh Rajput’s upcoming release Dil Bechara. Ahead of the film’s release, Bhagat had taken a dig at film critics and asked them to exercise caution while reviewing films and not ‘write rubbish’.

Each time you think the discourse can’t get lower, it does! https://t.co/yhkBUd8VSQ

— Anupama Chopra (@anupamachopra) July 21, 2020

Ready to not take the blow, Chetan dropped the bomb and reminded Anupama how her husband was responsible for driving him ‘close to suicide.’

He said how Chopra shamelessly collected all the awards for the film based on his story and further alleged that he denied to give him any credit for “3 Idiots” which is based on his book “Five Point Someone.”

He wrote, “Ma’am, when your husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected all the best story awards, tried denying me credit for my story and drove me close to suicide, and you just watched, where was your discourse?”

Ma'am, when your husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected all the best story awards, tried denying me credit for my story and drove me close to suicide, and you just watched, where was your discourse? https://t.co/CeVDT2oq47

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) July 21, 2020

Chetan further dismissed those supporting Anupama as among the “elitist snobs”.

Ever since the spat went viral, Chetan Bhagat has been trending on Twitter, with some people taking his side and applauding him for standing up for Sushant.

Here are some tweets:

#SushantTruthNow
Now we know that so many people in this industry are suffering but can't speak up like kangna and Chetan bhagat. Well its upon us now. We will fight this battle till this whole system becomes fair. @ishkarnBHANDARI @Swamy39

— Vaishnavi (@Vaisshhhh) July 21, 2020

Bravo @chetan_bhagat for speaking up! Speak up for Sushant too. Time to cleanse the industry, and high time there are fundamental guidelines drawn to govern this unorganised industry.
Yes the FILM INDUSTRY is UNORGANISED! There I've said it!#CBICantBeDeniedForSSR https://t.co/ybvdUtiRlN

— Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (@bollynomicss) July 21, 2020

Finally someone said it! Kudos to @chetan_bhagat for speaking up about this. I've always admired his work and his morals are commendable. https://t.co/Rgut9FlGbU

— Cheryl Sequeira (@cheryltweets_) July 21, 2020

Thankyou so much @chetan_bhagat Sir. Your stand towards right means alot to everyone Sir. You proved that being human is not that difficult. The sold channels cannot write shit about anyone. How dared they to defame Sushant without any proof.#WorldSeekingJusticeForSSR

— Arti Saha (@ArtiSaha1) July 21, 2020

For us, you and only you are the person behind the awesome story !! @chetan_bhagat ! What an amazing story you wrote and it was very unfortunate and unethical that the original writer was not given credit !! #3Idiots (My favt movie till date ). https://t.co/ey5BrzDvKU

— Sonam Joshi (@oyeitsjoshi) July 21, 2020

This is high time. Unmask them all! Thank u @chetan_bhagat for coming up. Please support the movement going on for SSR. Not only for him, but to create a terror to all tormentors out there. #CBICantBeDeniedForSSR https://t.co/gslH9n3ZpM

— A. Chatterjee (@AryamaChatterj1) July 21, 2020

Bravo for speaking up! Speak up for Sushant too. Time to cleanse the industry, and high time there are fundamental guidelines that are said to govern this unorganised industry.
Yes the film industry is unorganised! There I've said it!#WorldSeekingJusticeForSSR

— Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (@bollynomicss) July 21, 2020

There were also many who lambasted him for dragging Anupama’s name in the whole discourse and made fun of his tweet.

https://twitter.com/Dextrocardiac1/status/1285555594494005248

Just when we thought @chetan_bhagat is becoming a tad sensible..he posts this removing all doubts..😅 https://t.co/ce9Pntl8a7

— Saira Shah Halim সায়রা ‏‎‎سائرہ (@sairashahhalim) July 21, 2020

Chetan bhagat's grifting again. Yer a souless ghoul @chetan_bhagat . Leave the dead at peace ; don't try to appropriate a death to sell yourself. dumbfucks gonna read your books anyway

— Lookingforagfhitmeuppls (@Hornypostingho) July 21, 2020