Sonam Kapoor and Abhijeet have an ugly spat over Shobhaa De's tweet

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya indulged in a war of words on Twitter over author Shobhaa De's tweet mocking Indian athletes participating at Rio Olympics 2016

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya indulged in a war of words on Twitter over author Shobhaa De's tweet mocking Indian athletes participating at Rio Olympics 2016.

Also read: Rio 2016: Twitter uproar after Shobhaa De takes a dig at Indian athletes

Sonam Kapoor and Abhijeet 

Here's how the drama unfolded...

On Monday, Shobhaa De courted controversy for mocking Indian athletes participating at Rio Olympics 2016. Here's what she tweeted:

Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.

— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 8, 2016

Only hope? Dependable Abhinav Bindra. Aim for gold, champion!

— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 8, 2016

Shobhaa De's tweet angered singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and he called her 'unstoppable shameless besharam budhiya'. Here's what Abhijeet Bhattacharya tweeted:

Unstoppable shameless #बà¥ÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0087शरà¥ÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u008dम बà¥ÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0082ढ़à¥ÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0080याs .. abusing and cursing their own motherland, own children, own talents .. https://t.co/nMhy0xfhTF

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) August 8, 2016

The tweet didn't go down too well with actress Sonam Kapoor who called Abhijeet a 'hypocrite'. Here's what Sonam Kapoor tweeted:

You're such a hypocrite.. https://t.co/FoTF1sp5c6

— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) August 9, 2016

Sonam Kapoor's response kicked off a storm and Abhijeet Bhattacharya hit back at her saying:

Yes @sonamakapoor we all r hypocrites bt not the Khandani FILMI type hypocrites nor page3, we r proud of our players https://t.co/sy8Q3o2sjd

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) August 9, 2016

Twitterati also took sides in the argument and here's how they reacted:

@sonamakapoor this time you completely lost it to @abhijeetsinger . Another farji hypocrites feminist joined the action

— Cow-Boy (@Ajits_) August 9, 2016

@sonamakapoor hey Sonam go learn the definition of Hypocrite! @DeShobhaa speaks 4 #India & Abuse her players ON WHAT GROUNDS @abhijeetsinger

— Irene (@irene_kapoor) August 9, 2016

@vpattar123 @abhijeetsinger @sonamakapoor Hypocrites or those who work with Pakistani actors despite their Country killing our soldiers

— Solution Provider (@avi_tanu87) August 9, 2016

So @sonamakapoor can make fun of @DeShobhaa on TV and then call @abhijeetsinger hypocrite.Wow!!

— Swati Sharma (@sharmaswati28) August 9, 2016

Sonam Kapoor, seeing the outrage on social media, decided to tweet the definition of 'hypocrisy'. 

hypocrisy :-
the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) August 10, 2016

What are your thoughts on the controversy? Let us know! 

Also read: Rio 2016: Shobhaa De won't apologise for tweet on Indian Olympians

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