Ranbir Kapoor Slams 'Anti-Bollywood Narrative' in Tell-All Interview, Says 'This Propaganda of Drugs…' | – News18

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor holds nothing again, speaking with News18 Showsha about how the Hindi movie trade has been impacted by an “anti-Bollywood narrative” which began by a “sure part” of media in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.

After Sushant Singh Rajput’s sudden demise in 2020, Bollywood was subjected to extreme criticism for alleged “favouritism,” “nepotism” and “discrimination” in opposition to outsiders. The anger quickly translated into hashtags like ‘boycott Bollywood’ and ‘ban Bollywood’ taking up prime tendencies on Twitter. Issues acquired even uglier for the trade when a number of Bollywood celebrities together with Sushant’s then-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty have been introduced in for questioning by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) over alleged drug abuse and procurement claims.

Two years later, the controversial hashtags made their return when Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Brahmastra: Half I – Shiva have been releasing in theatres. Whereas Ranbir believes that there are nonetheless lots of people who “love Hindi cinema and equally combat for it”, there’s a sure part which has been spreading a “narrative of lies” in opposition to the trade.

“I don’t suppose all people does it,” says Ranbir. “However I’ve been seeing this since a few years that out of the blue there’s an anti-Bollywood narrative has began publish the Covid-19 pandemic which hasn’t stopped but whether or not it’s evaluating it with South movie trade…”

Of late, there was a relentless debate across the field workplace numbers of Bollywood movies and South films and the way the latter has crushed a number of massive Hindi releases relating to collections. And, Ranbir says he finds these comparisons “foolish” because the Hindi movie trade is extraordinarily pleased with the success of South movies.

“Hindi cinema could be very happy with movies like KGF, RRR and Baahubali. All of us are impressed by these movies and we additionally wish to do movies that attain such a big viewers, however I feel a number of it’s media guilty. There have been sure media members throughout that interval who have been going with this propaganda of ‘boycott Bollywood… Bollywood ye hai, wo hai… medication and all of that to sort of disgrace Bollywood,'” factors out the actor.

He additional provides, “I’ll simply say that our job is to entertain you however ‘aapko movie nahi dekhni aap mat dekho na… why are you beginning a story of lies?’ It’s not simply the actors however there are such a lot of individuals who work on this trade toh aap unke paet pe kyu laat maar rahe ho (why are you destroying their livelihood?) I discovered it actually foolish and silly and now since I’ve been doing advertising, I’m requested this query repeatedly in press conferences so it’s like ‘aap mere paet pe laat maar rahe ho mere trade pe laat maar rahe ho toh what do I say?’ They learn one thing on social media then ask me and after I give my opinion it will get misconstrued. It’s all foolish and silly.”

On the work entrance, Ranbir Kapoor is at present gearing up for the discharge of Luv Ranjan’s Tu Jhoothi Major Makkaar, which additionally stars Shraddha Kapoor.

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