The much-awaited trailer of 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' was released on Netflix on Saturday and is garnering a mixed response on social media.
The biopic on India's first female combat pilot stars 23-year-old Bollywood sweetheart Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role and is produced by Karan Johar, a well-known name in Indian film.
The story is about Gunjan Saxena, who took part in the Kargil war between India and Pakistan in 1999 as a Flight Lieutenant, and shows the challenges she faced during her journey.
Saxena took part in the conflict, long before the first women pilots were officially commissioned in India.
But netizens are slamming the movie, describing it as a product of nepotism, given that the movie stars actress Janhvi, daughter of popular film industry couple Sridevi and Boney Kapoor.
These brother sister duo who are a product of #Nepotism has same set of expressions.
— Prateek Jain 'जैनसाहब' (@PrateekJain28) August 1, 2020
UNBELIEVABLE!!#JanhviKapoor pic.twitter.com/a5fxbsIQKL
#JanhviKapoor is trending for
— Madhulika singh (@madhulikaji) August 1, 2020
The Kargil Girl .
Can't you make this a zero view movie ??
Reason 👇 pic.twitter.com/KTc0dVQrVb
#JanhviKapoor
— Abhinav Tiwari (@SvmTiwari) August 1, 2020
Everyone boycott this. We never forget the Sushant . pic.twitter.com/QziJyabfxD
Audience after seeing #JanhviKapoor acting skills on #GunjanSaxena pic.twitter.com/AbdDSXomY7
— Sociopath Memer (@sociopath_ladka) August 1, 2020
The film has also attracted huge attention because it is produced by Karan Johar, a well-known director, who has come under fire for "promoting nepotism" in the film industry, after the suicide of Sushant.
The movie is directed by Sharan Sharmaunder under Karan's Dharma Productions company, which has been accused of casting only star kids and not giving new actors a chance.
However, despite widespread criticism, several netizens came out in support of the 'Dhadak' actress and praised her acting skills. One twitter user even said that the biopic gave him goosebumps.
THIS LITERALLY GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS. YOU CANNOT CALL JANHVI A BAD ACTOR AFTER THIS SCENE. THE RANGE. THE EMOTIONS. SHE HAS GROWN. I AM AN EMOTIONAL MESS RIGHT NOW.#GunjanSaxena #JanhviKapoor pic.twitter.com/qM6gG0QZTD
— Raj Saha 🇮🇳 (@rajsahaofficial) August 1, 2020
#JanhviKapoor
— Nazaket Rather (@RatherNazaket) August 1, 2020
Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl trailer: Janhvi Kapoor and Pankaj Tripathi are endearing in this inspiring story pic.twitter.com/cbL2pYfhOJ
she made us so proud ! ❤️#JanhviKapoor #GunjanSaxena #GunjanSaxenaTheKargilGirl pic.twitter.com/M4qnDnYjWo
— 🤍🌼 (@jkapoors) August 1, 2020
The film which was originally scheduled for release on 13 March, will premiere on 1 August on Netflix as theaters continue to remain closed in India under the phased lockdown provisions.
