Film industry workers' union seeks government help against ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has urged the government to stop Boycott Bollywood trend and sought protection against hooliganism in theatres.

Releasing a statement, FWICE said that a lot of people work on a film along with the director or the lead cast and boycotting a movie affects their livelihood too.

FWICE said that the Boycott Bollywood trend has 'raised a major situation of survival of the common workers, technicians and the artistes who are earning their daily bread from this industry'.

The statement added that a film is made with a lot of passion and dreams of success but these get shattered by such trends. The film industry workers' union highlighted incidents in which people have been entering movie theatres, threatening the public and vandalising the place. Many actors are being abused on social media platforms with vulgar language on a daily basis, it added.

FWICE concluded the statement by suggesting that if someone has an issue with any film’s content, they should write about it to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Recently, actor Suniel Shetty recently met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and urged him to work towards diminishing the anti-Bollywood sentiments across the country.

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