As if the brickbats, trolling and bans for her film The Kerala Story weren’t enough, actor Adah Sharma’s contact number has now been leaked by an Instagram page. The actor came to know of it when she started getting bombarded with thousands of calls and messages, many of them open threats.

“I feel just like any other girl would about her number being leaked, and with morphed images. It shows the perverse mentality of the person who would stoop so low and get joy out of doing this. It reminds me of a scene in The Kerala Story where a girl is bullied by publicly publishing her number,” says Sharma, who is now in the process of changing her contact number.

The 31-year-old adds that the person who violated her privacy is culpable of other nefarious activities, too. “The person who leaked it has been up to some other activities for a long time, about which the police have found out. So, having to change my number is a small price to pay to have this person put behind bars,” she says.

No matter what, Sharma stands by the film, which has come in for much criticism and attacks. “The Kerala Story is exposing a terror nexus, their step-by-step plan. So, of course, it will anger those involved,” she says, illustrating her point with the latest instance.

“Here’s an example of a terrorist bullying [me] on a small scale when he doesn’t get his way. I have to say the people in India have really stood up. They were the ones to find the page of this person,” asserts Sharma.