Shatrughan Sinha on Boycott Bollywood: Troll army is sitting there purposely to speak against you

Bollywood industry has been facing boycott since the pandemic and many big movies like Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, Vijay Deverakonda’s ‘Liger’, Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and many others have faced the consequences. Speaking on the cancel culture, veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha has stated that trolls are focused to ‘speak against you.’

The actor has stressed the fact that people are using social media to write ugly things and sometimes focus on unnecessary things.

At Sahitya Aajtak Kolkata 2023, Shatrughan said, ‘Social media is very powerful these days. This is very unfortunately. Things have been especially difficult after Covid-19. The space that was created during Covid days helped give rise to social media. People got a chance to make their voice heard on social media. People write ugly stuff sometimes, and you don't know them in case you want to stop them. The troll army is sitting there purposely to speak against you. In such a case, many of our own people become victims of it. There are also times when a film, which supposedly would not have done well, got attention just because a lot of controversy was created around it.’

The boycott trend was still rife and on its peak during the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan.’ The spy-thriller faced a lot of backlash for its song ‘Besharam Rang.’ But despite several protests, the film is doing wonders at the box office and is on the way to entering Rs 1000 crore club at the box office globally.

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