Suniel Shetty, who was attending an event in Raipur, has also broken his silence on the ongoing social media boycott trends and why he has had an impact on some of the recently released films. During the program, he answered many questions asked by the media. During the programme, speaking about the boycott trend, he said, “We have also done a great job. However, people these days cannot be happy with the type of subjects of films, and that is why we are going through it. Such a difficult time.
Hope this will be considered. Initially it felt like a one-time thing but now we are constantly seeing that people are not coming to the theaters and I cannot lay my finger on why and what is happening.”
Sunil has made his point amidst the growing trend of boycotting films on social media. Lately, Superstar Aamir Khan‘Lal Singh Chaddha’ and Akshay Kumar‘Raksha Bandhan’ faced a trend of boycott as both the films failed to perform at the box office.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Anupam Kheri He also spoke candidly on the culture of boycott on social media that many believe is the driving force behind Bollywood films failing at the box office. Kher said that audiences have a right to make up their mind about not watching certain content and filmmakers and actors should focus more on the subject matter of films and less on “crying over the boycott culture”.
Kher remarked, “Kashmir Files was also boycotted. Many famous critics said it should not be watched. The same thing happened with The Accidental Prime Minister. We didn’t cry over it. The content is very important. Nikhil (Siddharth) is not known. In Hindi belt but I have seen people whistling in cinema halls after watching Kartikeya 2. We like to coin new words like ‘boycott culture’. A film critic has people to film the film. There is the power to tell to see or not to see. But it doesn’t mean the audience won’t actually see it. The audience has the power to make or break anyone.”
There is a massive frenzy about the new trend and many actors fear that it might affect the business of their films.
– with ani input