Suniel Shetty on Boycott Bollywood Movies: Suniel Shetty breaks silence on ‘Boycott Bollywood Movies’ says ‘Can’t put my finger on a reason’

By Petra Löwer On Aug 26, 2022

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Suniel Shetty has shelled out several hit films during his time in Bollywood as a star actor. The actor, who turned 61 this month, was speaking during an event where he talked about the tough phase through which the film industry is passing right now. Suniel Shetty reportedly said that Bollywood has produced some excellent work, but lately, people do not seem to be happy with the type of content or subjects on which movies are being made these days, which could be one of the reasons why Bollywood is going through this difficult time.

Suniel Shetty added that he was hopeful that movie makers would take note of this fact, as earlier it was seen as a one-off thing, but increasingly people are staying away from the theatres. He couldn’t precisely put a finger on what the reasons were, but this is one of the speculations.

Recent Bollywood films that have been boycotted

In the last month, three major Bollywood films became targets of the boycott trend, which influenced the box office collections heavily. Twitter has been a primary tool for starting such trends.

‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, ‘Raksha Bandhan’ & ‘Acharya’: Top Box-Office Duds Of 2022

2022 seems to be the darkest year for Indian cinema. With successive box-office debacles, actors, producers and distributors have been left in the lurch. Most films failed to impress the audience as they lacked the novelty factor, while some were plain unlucky. Here’s a look at some of the biggest box-office disasters in recent times.

‘Laal Singh Chaddha’

The film helmed by Advait Chandan saw Aamir Khan returning to the silver screen after five years. ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ which took three years to complete was made on a budget of Rs 180 crore. The film was released on August 11, 2022. An official remake of the Hollywood classic ‘Forrest Gump’, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ failed to impress the audience and only managed to rake in around Rs 124 crore.

‘Raksha Bandhan’

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was released alongside Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’. The film helmed by Anand L Rai garnered mixed reviews. The comedy-drama made on a budget of Rs 70 crore has so far collected Rs 60 crores at the box-office. Both ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ rode on high expectations, however, both films were rejected by the masses upon release.

‘Radhe Shyam’(Telugu)

The period romantic drama helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar saw Prabhas returning to the screens after ‘Saaho’ which was released in 2019. The film, made on a budget of a whopping Rs 350 crores, was a colossal disaster as it only managed to collect around Rs 214 crore at the box-office. Stakes were particularly high as the film was simultaneously shot in Hindi and Telugu. The film received mixed reviews, however, performances and production quality were appreciated.

‘Shamshera’

‘Shamshera’ saw Ranbir Kapoor in an action avatar. The period-action film was among the highly anticipated movies of the year. The Karan Malhotra directorial was made on a budget of around Rs 150 crore. The film released on July 22 failed to attract audiences. It went on to rake in Rs 63 crore at the box-office and was declared a colossal failure.

The recent movies that failed to perform at the box office are:

Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha
Akshay Kumar starrer Raksha Bandhan

Another film that ran into similar issues is the multi-starrer Vikram Vedha, which has also been listed in the boycott trend. The movie is yet to be released and landed in trouble when Hrithik Roshan, featuring in this film, supported Aamir Khan’s latest release Laal Singh Chaddha on Twitter. Saif Ali Khan also stars in the upcoming movie Vikram Vedha.

The trend of boycotting Laal Singh Chaddha started when excerpts from an interview Aamir Khan gave in 2015 started appearing on social media. In the clips, Aamir was seen expressing his concern that his ex-wife Kiran suggested they should migrate from India due to the “growing intolerance”. Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan fell into the boycott trap after some media enthusiasts dug out old tweets by Kanika Dhillon, who is the writer of the film.

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