May be it is bad content: Suniel Shetty on boycott of Bollywood movies

Actor Suniel Shetty has voiced his concern regarding why people are not turning up at theatres anymore. He feels that the audience is perhaps not liking the content of the films being made these days and hence they have turned away from cinemas.

Suniel Shetty has given several hit films during his time in the 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 reportedly said that Bollywood has produced some excellent work but lately the 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.


He added that he was hopeful that movie makers will take note of this fact, as earlier it was seen as one-off thing but increasingly people are keeping away from the theatres.

I couldn’t precisely put a finger on what were the reasons but this is (bad content) one of his speculations, Shetty said.

In the last month 3 major Bollywood films became target of the boycott trend which influenced the box office collections heavily. Twitter has been a primary tool for starting such trends.

The recent movies that failed to perform on the box office:
Aamir Khan Starrer Laal Singh Chadda

Akshay Kumar starrer Raksha Bandhan

Another film that ran into similar controversy is the multi-starrer 'Vikram Vedha'. This movie has also been listed on the boycott trend. The movie is yet to release and landed in troube when Hrithik Roshan featuring in this film supported Aamir Khan’s latest release Laal Singh Chadda on twitter. Saif Ali Khan also stars in the upcoming movie Vikram Vedha.

The trend for boycotting Laal Singh Chaddha started when excerpts from an old interview Aamir Khan gave in 2015 started appearing on social media. In the clip 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 of Kanika Dhillon who is the writer of the film.

Suniel Shetty who has starred in hits like Hera Pheri, Dadhkan, Phir Hera Pheri, LOC Kargil, Main Hoon Na, Border and Refugee, was talking about these boycott trends at a recent event. The actor was last seen in a special appearance in Mumbai Saga and Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea.