{"id":428620,"date":"2026-05-15T07:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428620\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:49:11","slug":"sonu-sood-defends-alia-bhatt-amid-ignored-by-paparazzi-at-cannes-chatter-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428620\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonu Sood defends Alia Bhatt amid \u2018ignored by paparazzi\u2019 at Cannes chatter on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since Alia Bhatt <\/a>made an appearance at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival<\/a>, the actor has been facing heavy trolling online, with a section of social media claiming she was seemingly \u201cignored\u201d by international paparazzi during one of her outings. Amid the chatter, Sonu Sood<\/a> appeared to defend Alia with a note, saying not every achievement needs validation from cameras, headlines, or strangers to matter.<\/p>\n

\"AliaAlia Bhatt herself took to social media to give a reply to a troll who commented, \u201cNobody noticed you\u201d on one of her reels.Sonu Sood supports Alia<\/p>\n

On Friday, Sonu took to social media to put out a note to support Alia. He posted the note on X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen one of our own walks onto an international stage, it should be a moment of pride, not a reason to search for flaws,\u201d Sonu wrote without mentioning the name of Alia.<\/p>\n

The actor continued, \u201cNot every achievement needs validation from cameras, headlines, or strangers to be meaningful. The courage to stand there, represent your craft, and carry your journey with grace is an achievement in itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a world addicted to trolling, choose encouragement.\u2028Because people who are busy building dreams don\u2019t have time to pull others down. Keep shining, my friend. The right people saw your light,\u201d Sonu wrote while concluding.<\/p>\n

While Sonu did not directly mention Alia in his post, social media users were quick to read between the lines and link it to the actor. Soon after, several fans flooded the comments section with messages of support for Alia.<\/p>\n

One comment read, \u201cAlia Bhatt, here\u2019s a small message for you: Trolls and criticism can never define the true identity of an artist. Those who reach the stage through hard work, dedication, and passion are defined by their craft, not by noise around them. Your presence and your work are your real. identity\u2014noise will always exist, but it is your work that leaves an impact. Keep shining.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier, actor Aly Goni<\/a> had also defended Alia against trolls. Taking to Instagram, he wrote, \u201cIt’s sad when our own people try to pull down someone who has worked so hard to put India on the global stage. Alia Bhatt has reached places many only dream of, representing our country at Cannes with grace and pride. Instead of mocking and trolling, we should celebrate and support those who make India shine internationally. We rise higher when we uplift our own, not when we try to demean them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alia hits back at a troll<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alia herself took to social media to give a reply to a troll who commented, \u201cNobody noticed you\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Alia shared a reel flaunting her regal look in a custom ivory silk saree-gown at the Cannes film festival. In the comments section, a person wrote, \u201cWhat a pity, no one noticed you,\u201d along with a laughing emoji. However, Alia did not hold back and replied to the comment gracefully. She wrote, \u201cWhy pity love? You noticed me :).\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor walked the red carpet at the prestigious film festival for the second time, following her 2025 debut. She stunned in a peach gown at the opening ceremony, turned heads in an ivory silk saree-gown at the Bharat Pavilion\u2019s inaugural event, and won hearts with her Cinderella-like blue gown at the screening of La Vie d\u2019Une Femme. The film festival started on May 12 and will run till May 23.<\/p>\n

Alia made her red carpet debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year. She attended the festival this year as the global ambassador for beauty brand L’Or\u00e9al <\/a>Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since Alia Bhatt made an appearance at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, the actor has been facing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8030,14400,156,219686,409,111,139,69,24528,169368,219687],"class_list":["post-428620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-alia-bhatt","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-entertainment","tag-global-ambassador","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-social-media-trolls","tag-sonu-sood","tag-sonu-sood-alia-bhatt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}