Actor Vindu Dara Singh strongly reacted to Babil Khan’s emotional video, in which he tearfully expressed feelings of alienation within the film industry and appeared to take indirect digs at actors such as Ananya Panday, Shanaya Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Raghav Juyal, and Siddhant Chaturvedi. However, Babil later clarified that his video was 'extremely misinterpreted.' Vindu has now criticised the decision to post such a video, calling it 'stupid.'
Speaking to Instant Bollywood, Vindu advised Babil to avoid negative influences and unhealthy habits, urging him instead to maintain a positive outlook on life. "Life has its ups and downs—there will be good times and bad times. But if you stay strong… Babil's father, Irrfan bhai, was a great man. His blessings are with him. We pray that he rocks. He shouldn't feel depressed or upset because of anyone."
"To make a video like that was stupid—he shouldn't have done it. But he has learned from his mistakes, and that's what life is about."
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What Babil Khan said
In the now-deleted video, Babil was seen teary-eyed and said, “Bollywood is so f****d. Bollywood is so, so rude." He continued: "What I mean to say is that I just want you guys to know there are people like Shanaya Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Arjun Kapoor, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Raghav Juyal, Adarsh Gourav and even... Arijit Singh? There are so, so many more names."
Soon after, he deleted the video and also deactivated his social media handle.
Later, his team issued an official statement on the fiasco which read, "Over the past few years, Babil Khan has earned immense love and appreciation for his work, as well as for his openness about his mental health journey. Like anyone else, Babil is allowed to have difficult days. and this was one of them. We want to reassure all his well-wishers that he is safe and will be feeling better soon."
