India, May 20 -- Journalist-turned-actor Saurabh Dwivedi has found himself at the epicenter of relentless online mockery following his screen debut in Kartavya, the recently launched crime thriller fronted by Saif Ali Khan. Though the project initially generated significant hype due to its heavyweight lineup and production backing, public discourse has unexpectedly veered away from the plot, zeroing in instead on Dwivedi's performance and an Instagram upload by actor Rajpal Yadav.

Netizens have spent days dissecting Dwivedi's acting, with a wave of viewers panning his vocal delivery and rigid body language. On X (formerly Twitter), several widely shared reactions, while multiple memes teased that his performance felt less like a characte...