Pragati Mehra lashes out on a troll for bad mouthing on Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai co-star Jay Soni; says, “It’s disheartening when fans can’t figure the line between real and reel”

Pragati Mehra hits back at a troll, asking them to differentiate between real and reel life characters.

June 5, 2023 - 8:45 PM IST

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is currently focusing on the complicated relationship between Akshara aka Pranali Rathod, Abhimanya aka Harshad Chopda, and Abhinav aka Jay Soni. Many AbhiRa fans who are upset with the arrival of Abhinav in between the estranged couple have been trolling the actor and recently the show’s actress Pragati Mehra aka Mahima came across hateful comments and decided to respond to them. The actress decided to take down these trolls like a boss lady by posting about it on social media.

Pragati Mehra lashes out on a troll for bad mouthing on Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai co-star Jay Soni; says, “It’s disheartening when fans can’t figure the line between real and reel”

It happened when Pragati was going through her Instagram DM (direct messages) where she found a trail of hateful messages. She decided to call out this troll for spreading hateful comments about co-star Jay Soni. She posted several notes on her Instagram story saying, “So I decided to go through my DMs today as its kinda difficult to check it everyday and I came across unseen tags on stories filled with hate for an actor in garb of hate for a character. I did delete tons of stories that were posted.. at the end of the day its your page & understanding I can’t control that even if its warped, but then i came across an absolutely unnecessary comment for a colleague on a story I posted. And i was compelled to respond. To make fans understand THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTOR -the REAL & CHARACTER -the REEL and if you do not understand that its speaks volumes about your daftness. I am choosing words like 'daft' coz it's stupid”.

She continued, “As fans you are entitled to like/love /hate a character... but when fans can not figure the line between actor and character its disheartening. You may hate a character but hating an actor and here making a personal comment is completely not needed. Harshad is a nice guy and so is Jay. Both are equally friendly and well mannered. Audience & fans do not know them .They know Abhimanyu & Abhinav - and thats fiction. So all i can say is dont get confused and make fiction your reality!”

Mehra concluded by adding, “I could have blurred the name of the fan/fan page/ handle but wanted to showcase-the daftness & venom one spill for no reason at all! (And more so tag me!!) WHY?? Am I either /or of them? You and everyone else does this for traction n eyeballs, so here i give you eyeballs for your unnecessary viciousness. My friends, unfortunately it speaks volumes about you. Fortunately very little about the other person. This ain’t fetching you any brownie points even from the one who you supposedly love. THE END”.

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