Overview
- Dhruv Rathee’s December 25 video about the ‘fake beauty’ of Bollywood named several actors and used Janhvi Kapoor’s alleged before-and-after photos as the thumbnail.
- The thumbnail choice drew criticism after users noted Janhvi had hours earlier condemned the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh on Instagram.
- Orry publicly defended Janhvi, labeled Rathee an anti-nationalist, and quipped that she probably does not know who he is.
- Rathee responded on X that the video took days to produce, said he did not attack Janhvi specifically, and explained the thumbnail selection as YouTube A/B testing after a user asked about a change from Tiger Shroff to Janhvi.
- Fans of other actors mentioned, including Deepika Padukone, also pushed back online, while reports noted Janhvi had not issued a direct response.