India, July 29 -- Author and columnist Shobhaa De has taken a swipe at Bollywood's response to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests, questioning whether the industry's stars are still in tune with India's Gen Z. She also mocked Salman Khan's social media post for activist Sonam Wangchuk, dismissing it as "cringe."

Shobhaa De called out Bollywood's response to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests, saying the industry's biggest stars seemed disconnected from Gen Z and failed to grasp the sentiment behind a youth-led movement. She expressed her views in her piece published in ThePrint.

In her criticism, Shobhaa De took particular aim at Salman Khan's social media message for activist Sonam Wangchuk and also called out comme...