Neil Nitin Mukesh: Social media trolls upsets family

Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, has been targeted a number of times on social media. He has been trolled not only for his name but his acting skills too, on innumerable occasions. The ‘Wazir‘ actor, who is the son of singer Nitin Mukesh and grandson of the legendary singer Mukesh says he is not much affected by the criticism but his family does get upset over them.

The handsome actor who is a staunch supporter of animal rights organisation PETA’s campaign against elephant joyrides, affirmed that criticism is a part and parcel of celebrity life, so he does not let them affect him. He asserted that fans sometimes do it to gain attention too.

Neil said, “Sometimes the criticism is just to get attention. I had this one man who was constantly abusing me on Twitter. Every single day he would abuse me… I would ignore it to a point, but one day the timeline had only abuses. I just responded and said ‘What’s the problem buddy?’ and he replied saying ‘I was just trying to get your attention. I am such a big fan of yours’.
“So, sometimes it’s them trying to gain attention and it’s okay to each their own.”

He further added, “My family gets upset with all the criticism and I am the one to pacify them that they should not let such things upset them. My father is an old-school person, so he gets really upset. He is like ‘Why my father’s name and your father’s name being dragged into a controversy as far as your name is concerned’”

On the work front, the actor was last seen in Salman Khan starrer ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ and Farhan Akhtar-Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Wazir’.

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