Actor Emraan Hashmi has broken his silence on Rhea Chakraborty‘s “media trial”, calling it “completely uncalled for, and very unfair.” Rhea, who will be starring alongside Hashmi is ‘Chehre’, was dating actor Sushant Singh Rajput at the time of his death in June 2020. Following his death, Rhea was accused by his family and friends of abetting his suicide and misappropriating his funds. This led to media scrutiny and was also not included in promotions for ‘Chehre’ until recently.

Speaking about the media scrutiny, Emraan Hashmi told Bollywood Hungama, “It was so blown out of proportion, this almost media trial that was conducted, was according to me, so lame. You almost destroyed a family’s life, right? The entire family. For what? Some conjecture, and some assumptions about something that happened.”

He added, “While we keep that aside and do what is called actual reporting, there are some portals that do that. But if everybody got down to understanding the ethics of that, and everyone followed those ground rules, I think this world would be a better place. Because as common sense prevails, you’ve got to understand, there is a judicial system. It’s sole purpose is to do this. So why does a portion of the media come down with a guilty verdict on someone?”

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Rumy Jafry, the director of the movie, had also recently showed his support to Rhea and said that the audience sentiment has swayed in her favour.

“I don’t think the film will suffer because of Rhea’s personal life controversy. I will admit that I felt it would have affected the film, had it released last year. Everyone knows what a furore the media caused with the whole Sushant Singh Rajput case and Rhea’s arrest. Last year, she was a ‘witch’, a ‘golddigger’ and whatnot; this year she was declared as the ‘most desirable woman’. This shows there has been a change in the perception of people. So, I really don’t feel the film will have an adverse effect because of what happened with Rhea last year,” he said. 

‘Chehre’, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Krystle D’Souza in prominent roles, is set to release on August 27.