An Outpouring Of Support For 'Gehraiyaan' Writer's Dad After He Was Trolled

"See the movie. My son Sumit is among the writers," wrote Chandan Roy

A proud father had to deal with the ugly side of social media when his post celebrating his son's work was inundated with distasteful comments. Chandan Roy shared a tweet urging people to watch Gehraiyaan as his son was among the film's writers - but a section of the Internet used his post to inform him of how little they thought of the Deepika Padukone-starrer. Gehraiyaan, directed by Shakun Batra, released to mixed reviews last week. While many viewers said they enjoyed the movie, others were more critical and slammed it for poor screenwriting, underdeveloped characters and a convoluted plot, among other things.  See the movie. My son Sumit is among the writers. pic.twitter.com/wNdK5kGoKm Tell him to stop writing immediately and enroll into a school. Sir what was he thinking while writing this movie. Guess he really needs help. One sweet gent whose son has written the Gehraiyaan script is proudly talking about it on Twitter and people are barging in to tell him they didn't like it. This is what I mean by graciousness totally lacking these days. Let the man celebrate his son. Totally graceless and unnecessary that was ! Congratulations ????????❤️ Congratulations to you Sir!He's done a splendid job. https://t.co/zsWLsEHTCC Congratulations Mr. Roy!

Chandan Roy, whose son Sumit Roy co-wrote the film, shared a graphic highlighting some of the more positive reviews Gehraiyaan received. "See the movie. My son Sumit is among the writers," he wrote.