After Sushant Singh Rajput's death, fans alleged that Mahesh Bhatt was part of the conspiracy, which led to his end. The filmmaker, who has been facing flak from a section of netizens ever since has irked them with his latest post.

Mahesh Bhatt shared a photograph of a skeleton and wrote, "Dying men think of funny things — and that's what we all are here, aren't we? Dying men?" American fantasy and science fiction writer Tad Williams's quote along with the picture was considered insensitive. On Monday, Bhatt was trolled by Rajput's fans who felt he was mocking the late actor. There has been tattle that Bhatt asked SSR's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty to vacate his home after she told him that he was "acting strangely and hearing voices".