Help us get rid of 'Boycott Bollywood' trend: Suniel Shetty to UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Actor Suniel Shetty met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Mumbai on Thursday and discussed opportunities in Uttar Pradesh's upcoming Film City. During the meeting, the 'Hera Pheri' actor mentioned frequent anti-Bollywood protests pushing for boycott of movies. Shetty said that 99% of people in the Hindi film industry are good and "don’t do drugs or wrong work".

When asked to share his opinion on how audiences can be encouraged to go to theatres, the actor said, "The hashtag that’s going on, Boycott Bollywood, 'yeh ruk bhi sakta hai aapke kehne se' (it can stop if you make an appeal). It is important to spread the word that we are doing good work. One rotten apple is everywhere, but just because of that, you can’t call the whole industry rotten. Today people think that Bollywood is not a good place, but we have made such good films here. I was a part of one such film too, when I did Border. I have been a part of many good films. We have to come together and work towards how we can get rid of the Boycott Bollywood hashtag. We have to figure how we can stop this trend."

He later added that there is a notion among people that actors do drugs the whole day, but actors are also associated with good work, and Bollywood music and stories connect India to the world.

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