Actor Adil Hussain calls the #BoycottRadhikaApte hashtag, which recently trended on social media, “absolutely ridiculous”. It all started with some pictures of their intimate scene from the 2015 film Parched doing the rounds on the internet, and people objecting to Apte’s nudity. He says, “I got to know about it a couple of days back, when I saw some Google alert. I think it’s ridiculous to troll Radhika or make a big deal about that scene. I don’t pay much attention to such things.”

The actor laments that people trolling the scenes between him and Apte don’t understand the “difference between art and porn; art is still questioned”. And hence, he asserts that these people should “go to the school of life and school of art”.

Hussain largely blames it on the lack of education among people. “Our education system is almost to get a job, be job literate. It’s not the education, which we’re receiving since British era. The purpose of education was to make them a working machine for the British Raj. It needs radical change,” he says.

Keeping him busy meanwhile on the professional front is the release of the film BellBottom. Hussain is “very excited” about its theatrical release.

“People have to get into the habit of going to cinema halls. I hope people come out, taking all precautions, and watch it,” he ends on a hopeful note.