Director Vasan Bala deactivates X account after backlash over Alia Bhatt film

Agencies,Mumbai, Oct. 21: Director Vasan Bala, who made his biggest film to date with Alia Bhatt’s Jigra, was at the receiving end of a barrage of negativity following its release. Jigra received mixed response both critically and commercially, and the pre-release hype didn’t translate to post-release numbers. This became a topic of discussion around the film, which was co-produced by Alia and Karan Johar. Vasan, who previously made films like Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota and Monica O My Darling, was in the eye of a social media storm after saying in a pre-release interview that Karan sent the script for Jigra to Alia without telling him. More recently, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he admitted that he felt that he had let both Karan and Alia down with the film.