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#BoycottToofan: Why is Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar’s film drawing flak?
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Calls for another boycott in Bollywood has climbed up the charts to trend on social media, with this week’s target being Farhan Akhtar and his upcoming sports drama ‘Toofan’. The movie, which will release on July 16 on Amazon Prime Video just in time for the Eid Al Adha break, has sparked a #BoycottToofan trend on Twitter, drawing flak from right-wing groups that are calling out the makers for promoting ‘Love Jihad’. For those wondering, the term ‘Love Jihad’ is often used by right-wing groups to accuse men of a certain religion of converting women by marriage. This time, a fictitious character in a film stands accused of doing the same. ‘Toofan’ features Akhtar play Aziz Ali or Ajju Bhai,

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