Actress Taapsee Pannu says the recent call to boycott Hindi films on social media is nothing but a joke, which weakens the audience. Pannu, whose latest film ‘Dobaara’ with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hit the theaters on Friday, said that she has crossed the stage of ‘being disturbed’ by social media trends. “If something like this (boycott of calls and trolling) happens daily, then the trouble stops anymore. It becomes useless. I have a dialogue to that effect in one of my films,” Pannu said during a press conference here on Thursday.
She said, “I can’t talk about others in the industry, but it has become a joke for me and Anurag.”
Hashtags calling for boycott of a film started trending Aamir Khan“Lal Singh Chaddha”. Asked to comment on the trend of social media, Aamir said he was saddened by the boycott call and urged the audience to watch his film. Later, similar hashtags Akshay Kumar‘Raksha Bandhan’ popped up on the online platform. Some netizens also called for the removal of “Dobaara”, directed by Kashyap and starring Pannu in the lead.
‘If the audience likes, they will go to see the film. If they don’t like it, they won’t. But calling for a boycott is like reducing the intelligence of my audience,” the actor said.
Pannu refuted rumors that “Dobaara” is inspired by the 2018 Spanish film “Mirage”.
“The content of our film was decided in March 2018 while the picture of Spain was announced in November that year. ‘Again’ is neither copied nor inspired.
“Unfortunately, Covid-19 struck and it was delayed” by everything around our film and its release, she said.
The mystery drama revolves around how a woman named Antara (Pannu) gets a chance to save the life of a 12-year-old boy, who witnessed death during a thunderstorm 25 years ago, Was connected via television set. Similar storm at present.
He said that ‘Dobaara’ is Kashyap’s most entertaining film till date and no one can dare to try such a subject in Hindi cinema as everyone wants to play safe.
“Dobaara” is jointly produced by Ekta Kapoor’s Cult Movies, a new division under Balaji Telefilms, and Athena under the banner of Sunir Khetarpal and Gaurav Bose. Billed as a thrilling thriller, the film also stars Pavail Gulati and Rahul Bhat.