T 2182 - #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan .. trending now .. proud of all the work he does for the various charities !! pic.twitter.com/pxCjG2TVNQ
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 21, 2016
The hashtag, which started trending early Tuesday, reflected a Twitter still divided in opinion. Some users were on the 40-year-old actor's side:
Haters right now #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan pic.twitter.com/gOZPuupRhE
— Team Abhishek (@BachchanJrFC) March 21, 2016
Haters will keep hating! But no one gives a damn because #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan for his personality, nature & as a person! @juniorbachchan
— Pooja (@golgappa_girl) March 21, 2016
Class Actor, Caring Dad, Loving husband, Loving brother, best son in world! And most important nice human being #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan
— Devil Meera (@MeeraSneh) March 21, 2016
Others, not so much. On Team Troll:
End of the world is near. Who even started #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan ?
— Valar Dohaeris (@TheAnkitDalal) March 22, 2016
I woke up and saw #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan trending. Then, I checked my calendar to see if it's April 1st. What happened guys? Apocalypse?
— Flamboyance (@writer__warrior) March 22, 2016
#WeLoveAbhishekBachchan
— Rocky (@bahubalikabaap) March 22, 2016
Here 'We' means Amit ji, Jaya ji, Shweta and Aish :)
It all began at Saturday's T20 match in which India beat Pakistan. Abhishek's presence in the VIP stand at Eden Gardens in Kolkata - he was there with his father who sang the National Anthem, Sachin Tendulkar, Mukesh Ambani and others - provoked this tweet from the troll and a response from the actor on Sunday:
@mainbhiengineer haha. Good try! "Least known celebrity"?Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? Chalo at least you think I'm worthy of a tweet
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) March 20, 2016
It soon became a full-blown argument, with the actor's 2008 turkey Drona invoked:
@mainbhiengineer well a million tweets will most probably take you a lot more than 3 hrs and will cost you more than 300rs. U do the maths!!
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) March 20, 2016
@juniorbachchan Sir script can generate million tweets in secs, but unlike your films I want you to get the real love not the mechanical
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) March 20, 2016
@mainbhiengineer "I'm not a movie named Drona"? Of course not. you are Mainbhiengineer. That makes complete sense and logic! Well done.
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) March 20, 2016
Other users commenting on the thread and in separate tweets were equally divided between defending Abhishek and denouncing his films.
Abhishek Bachchan has a history of battling trolls. Last June, an incendiary tweet about his little daughter Aaradhya was instantly lacerated by the actor himself and several others. The actor later told news agency PTI, "I do understand that both me and my wife and my parents (Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan) are public figures but my daughter is off limits. I am not here to talk about her. I said what I had to." (Also Read: Trolled, Abhishek Bachchan Trends, Responds to 'Least Known Celeb' Tweet)
In October, Abhishek had a showdown with stand-up comic Karan Talwar. This was Karan's provocative tweet: "Life is not about answers but questions. Where is my career going? Am I making enough money? Why am I still following @juniorbachchan?"
Abhishek had the perfect response: "Here are the answers: 1. Nowhere 2. For your skill set? Hell yeah! 3. I don't know. I unfollowed you years ago."
Twitter mostly took Abhishek's side, describing Karan Talwar, who retired hurt, as 'no longer funny,' a 'leech' and a 'cheap person.'
Last seen in 2015's All Is Well, Abhishek Bachchan is currently filming Housefull 3.
