Alia Bhatt stands up for Deepika Padukone! Actress reacts to viral post slamming pregnancy shaming

Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt {(L) Deepika Padukone (Yogen Shah) (R) Alia Bhatt}

Deepika Padukone surprised her fans when she announced her first pregnancy with her husband, Ranveer Singh. Since then, she has kept a low profile and hasn't made many public appearances showing off her baby bump. Unsuprisingly, netizens were wying for a glimpse of the mommy-to-be.

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Recently, Deepika Padukone was seen voting in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election, proudly displaying her bump. However, after this appearance, some people online trolled her and even accused her of faking the bump.

Journalist Faye D'Souza criticized the trolls in a recent post, and many people, including Alia Bhatt, supported her stance. Faye took to Instagram to express her strong opinion against those trolling Deepika Padukone. In her post, she told people to behave and pointed out that Deepika was simply performing her civic duty by voting. She also mentioned that the actress didn't ask for anyone's opinions on her pregnancy.

Alia Bhatt, her mother Soni Razdan, Rakul Preet Singh, Sonakshi Sinha, Bhumi Pednekar, and others liked the post.

What happened?

As the entire Bollywood turned up to fulfill their national duty by casting votes in the Lok Sabha elections, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone also came to cast their votes, and what we saw made all of us smile. Deepika Padukone flaunted her baby bump as she went to cast her vote with her hubby Ranveer Singh.

On the day, Ranveer and Deepika wore coordinated outfits as they went to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha elections. In the videos that came out, Ranveer was seen walking while holding Deepika's hand as he protected his lady love amidst the crowd. As soon as the video went viral, fans started dropping sweet comments.

A fan wrote, "The man who respects her definitely earns her." "OMG my baby mama is there," texted another. A third fan commented, "Oh my godddddd (crying emoji)." While another user said, "Kitna pyar hai dono me aur bol rahe the divorce hone wala hai."

Deepika's Work Front

Amidst her bliss, Deepika continues to grace the silver screen with her luminous presence. Following her recent appearance in 'Fighter' alongside Hrithik Roshan, she gears up for an exciting lineup of projects, including the highly anticipated 'Kalki 2989 AD' with Prabhas and the Hindi remake of 'The Intern' alongside veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan. Moreover, she is also a part of Rohit Shetty's cop-verse titled 'Singham Again.'

Helmed by Rohit Shetty, ‘Singham Again' also stars Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, and Ranveer Singh. ‘Singham Again' is the third instalment of the hit franchise, and the film is all set to be released in theatres on the occasion of Independence Day 2024.

(With inputs from ANI)