Ibrahim Ali Khan made his Bollywood debut earlier this year with the romantic-drama Nadaaniyan, which also starred Khushi Kapoor in the lead. The film was met with harsh criticism upon release and was also subject to online trolling with particular hate towards Ibrahim and Khushi’s performance. Now, in an interview, Ibrahim opened up about it and said that it was really a 'bad film'.

Speaking to Esquire India, Ibrahim said, “Not too long ago, they were all waiting for my launch, and after Nadaaniyan, the hype has dropped real bad. They’ve trolled me nonstop. ‘He won’t be able to do it only.' It’s a massive low… and I constantly feel bad about it. I’m just gonna go on record and say that it was a really bad film.”

He added, “It was really bad. It became a sort of culture to, ‘Oh, let’s troll that film’. There were people who were trolling it just because they heard that some other person was trolling it. That’s uncalled for, but if I now give a blockbuster in the future, I want the same kind of response. They should go mad after me.”

Directed by Shauna Gautam, Nadaaniyan was produced by Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra under Dharmatic Entertainment. It also stars Mahima Chaudhry, Suniel Shetty, Dia Mirza, and Jugal Hansraj in pivotal roles.

CE’s review of the film read, “What Nadaaniyan is trying to sell is Ibrahim Ali Khan. And I can report that the Pataudi scion, however jerky he may be in his dialogue delivery, has some charm. Ibrahim and Khushi together, however, double up the mediocrity. The latter is still robotic in her diction and expressions. The supporting cast of experienced actors like Suniel Shetty, Mahima Chaudhary (I got some cheap thrill seeing them together after Dhadkan (2000)), Dia Mirza, and Jugal Hansraj offer some saving grace.”