The unfortunate death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14 has led to netizens trolling and targetting a lot of Bollywood celebrities on issues ranging from groupism and nepotism. The majority of the people who were called out on Instagram and Twitter were star kids, who were lashed out at for their "lineage and privileges". And one of the actors who had to bear the brunt for it was Sonam Kapoor Ahuja.

In a recent interview, Sonam talked about the online hate that she and other celebrities have been subjected to. Speaking to Cosmopolitan India, she said, "I wasn’t in the line of fire but it has been traumatising to see what my colleagues have been through, and the witch-hunt that has taken place. I feel scared...women are such soft targets. Nobody has ever spoken about a man in the way women are being spoken about right now It’s almost like we have gone back several decades... where, if you are a woman in the film or fashion industry, you are not thought of as an artist or a creative person. Instead, your moral character is questioned."