Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is now facing heat on Twitter after netizens accused her of promoting domestic violence against men in her upcoming Netflix film Darlings. #BoycottAliaBhatt has been trending since this morning on the micro-blogging site.

Darlings is a black comedy drama film, co-written and directed by Jasmeet K. Reen. It will stream on Netflix from Friday, August 5. The film features Alia in the role of a domestic abuse survivor named Badrunissa Shaikh, alongside Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew among others. Apart from playing the lead role, Alia has also co-produced it with Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.

The trailer of Darlings, which shows Alia kidnapping her husband and tortur...