Sara Ali Khan irks Shah Rukh Khan fans by calling the superstar ‘uncle’ at the Filmfare Awards 2019 and sparks a debate on Twitter

April 1, 2019 - 12:14 PM IST

Yet again social media trolls are on a rampant rise and the reason is Sara Ali Khan. The actress seems to have irked Shah Rukh Khan fans during the recently held Filmfare Awards 2019. The newbie, who made her debut in 2019, apparently referred to the superstar as ‘uncle’ during her award speech at the ceremony. This didn’t go down well with some of the fans of SRK who have now taken it upon themselves to troll the actress. Interestingly, many Twitteratis came to her support when some of the fans even went to say that the actress should have used a more respectable term while referring to the superstar.

Sara Ali Khan irks Shah Rukh Khan fans by calling the superstar ‘uncle’ at the Filmfare Awards 2019 and sparks a debate on Twitter

Sara Ali Khan recently won an award for Best Debut at the Filmfare Awards 2019 for her performance in the Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Kedarnath. The actress, who has been a fan of Shah Rukh Khan since years and also knows him since childhood, reminisced about her Filmfare memories as a child. In the same speech, she referred to the superstar as uncle while saying, “I remember the time when my father used to host the Filmfare with Shah Rukh uncle I used to love it.” These words were not taken kindly by SRK fans who decided to bash her on varied platforms:

Here are some examples:

Let's put it this way , SRK Amitabh Bachchan Ko uncle Bolte to kaisa lagta?
I am not saying Uncle bolna is disrespectful, but "Sir" is much better!
— Naveen Bagga (@naveenbagga1) March 28, 2019

Wen she can call Salman,Salman on BB stage.. Why call SRK uncle wen both Khan's are of the same age? ???? Alia Bhatt doesn't call Majuro Dixie aunty.. She addresses her as Madhuri Ma'am,And so does Varun Dhawan and other junior actors..ShahRukh Sir anyday sounds cool+respectful.
— Fatema_0624 (@0624Fatema) March 28, 2019

#Saraalikhan merii age 16 hai and your is above 20and 25 _ iss according mujai aapko #sara aunty kehkar bulana cahiyai.????????????????????????????_ don't call #SRK a uncle -he is most charming actor in world. Plz respect your younger costars???? pic.twitter.com/8OCu93srfF
— Narayan (@Narayan04443714) March 30, 2019

Who trolled her? Nobody does that, don't try to get attention on the name of SRK brand, Although in this business she cannot call s main stream leading actor who can possibly paired with her, leave this papa mummy age outside of the Bollywood,
— Raj ???????? (@SRKsAtom) March 28, 2019

Sara Ali Khan is anyway never going to achieve the level of success which SRK has achieved, so she should better respect him by not calling him uncle & not reminding him of his age because that's disrespectful.
— Aryan Kathare (@KathareAryan) March 31, 2019

At the same time, there were many who came in support of the actress and bashed Shah Rukh Khan fans for spreading these trolls unnecessarily:

I agree with u man! What people expect Sara Ali Khan to call SRK... Chota bhai??? Ironic fan of SRK , wake up...!!!Don't be so stupid!
— JOON (@JOON72902043) April 1, 2019

To all those SRK Ch**iya fans
Sara Ali Khan is 23
SRK is 53 years old
What should she supposed to call him ?
Janu ??
Hi SRK ?
Just because he is a film star does it mean he ain't ageing?????
Accept the reality rather than trolling her
What do you call a 53 year old man ?
— Harsh Bhatt ????⚽ (@IamH4rshBhatt) March 31, 2019

I am EXTREMELY-EXTREMELY FURIOUS @ Sara Ali Khan for NOT giving Much-Appropriate due respect to SRK !!! How in the HELL can you call your Grandfather,your Uncle ???
— Garry Goyenka (@GGoyenka) March 31, 2019

People are miffed that Sara called SRK Uncle? Let’s face it, she probably visited him on sets as a kid when he was shooting films with her dad and OBVS she grew up calling him uncle so what’s wrong with it? Outrage over legit stuff man ????????‍♀
— ☆ ritchelle ☆ (@sadukifarzi) March 31, 2019

Yes, and even SRK is about 5yrs older then Saif, so she will definitely call SRK Uncle, Sara had said nothing wrong
— Tohid Khan (@TohidKh12675962) March 31, 2019