'People Rejected Bollywood Due To Arrogance', Vivek Agnihotri Explains Why Audience Is Angry

Have people rejected Bollywood? There seems to be no end to the boycott trend. After Laal Singh Chaddha, Raksha Bandhan and Darlings, now people are boycotting Dobaaraa, Pathaan and Vikram Vedha among other movies. Why are people angry at all actors and filmmakers?

Vivek Agnihotri says people have rejected Bollywood

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The Kashmir Files filmmaker explains why people are angry and boycotting Bollywood movies.

"Bollywood is suffering today because you are trying to pass on your own failure to an individual because his films work."

He blames Bollywood's arrogance and hypocrisy for the same.

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"Go to any middle-class, urban, semi-urban household and interview them and you will find how people hate the arrogance, glossy lifestyle, and the disconnect of Bollywood with real-life audiences," he was quoted as saying by IANS.

Agnihotri said that people have seen through "all this hypocrisy, arrogance, and this flashy, flamboyant lifestyle, paid organised publicity campaigns ... and now they are not willing to accept it, which is a good thing, which has made Bollywood rethink the ideology they follow".

Vivek Agnihotri then said that his own films Buddha in a Traffic Jam and The Tashkent Files were boycotted too by critics and theatres.

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Taking a dig at Anurag Kashyap, now, he says, they are running a campaign against The Kashmir Files.

"They are still running a campaign against 'The Kashmir Files' Oscars submission. So, they are experts on this. It is a serious topic and I take it very seriously. If people are boycotting their films it is because of the anger of the audience. There is a disconnect between the Indian middle class and the producers and stars because of their arrogance."

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Talking about Anurag Kashyap, Vivek Agnihotri said, "I will tell you why I have tweeted on Anurag Kashyap's comment. I make my films very passionately and I can also protect them passionately. We sacrificed a lot to make our films."

He also said that audiences are not fools who don't understand this.

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"Do you think common people are so foolish that they won't be able to see through this hypocrisy? The people have seen through it and now they are saying, you give us good content, then only we will watch it. You cannot fool us with this Diwali release or that Eid release, or his film or her film. That is the (popular) verdict."

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