Chetan Bhagat's five-year-old tweet announcing Sushant Singh Rajput's casting in Half Girlfriend, based on his book, did the rounds of social media on Wednesday. "So happy to share Sushant Singh Rajput will play the lead in Mohit Suri's directorial venture, Half Girlfriend. Shooting begins 2016," the author had posted on November 7, 2015.

It provided yet another impetus for SSR's fans to stir up the nepotism debate and troll Arjun Kapoor, who replaced Rajput in the 2017 film. Angry netizens called Kapoor 'a nepotism kid who grabbed a role from an outsider'. Some questioned his 'acting skills'. The furore again led SSR fans to announce a boycott of star kids.