In an interaction with News18 Showsha, the actor said that this trend has only started recently and not everyone is part of the baseless trolling and negativity. He said, “I don’t think everybody does it. But I have been seeing this since a couple of years that suddenly there’s an anti-Bollywood narrative has started post the Covid-19 pandemic which hasn’t stopped yet whether it’s comparing it with South film industry…”
He further went on to say that the Hindi-South debate is only in people’s mind and no where else. He added, “Hindi cinema is very proud of films like KGF, RRR and Baahubali. We all are inspired by these films and we also want to do films that reach such a large audience.”
The Sanju actor then went on to talk about the much hyped #BoycottBollywood trend, saying that if someone does not like their movies, they should just not see it, rather than spreading fake news about it. He said, “I’ll just say that our job is to entertain you but ‘aapko film nahi dekhni aap mat dekho na… why are you starting a narrative of lies?’ It’s not just the actors but there are so many people who work in this industry toh aap unke paet pe kyu laat maar rahe ho. I found it really silly and stupid and now since I have been doing marketing, I’m asked this question repeatedly in press conferences so it’s like ‘aap mere paet pe laat maar rahe ho mere industry pe laat maar rahe ho toh what do I say?’ They read something on social media then ask me and when I give my opinion it gets misconstrued. It’s all silly and stupid.”
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, co-starring Shraddha Kapoor is a light, breezy romantic comedy. It hits theatres tomorrow, March 8.
