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“Actors
and
artists
must
be
respected,
but
it
is
also
important
for
filmmakers
to
respect
sentiments
of
the
masses,”
the
chief
minister
said.
Lucknow,
Feb
03:
Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath
on
Friday
addressed
a
lot
of
issues
including
the
‘boycott’ trend
in
Bollywood
and
the
upcoming
film
city
in
the
populous
state.
In
an
exclusive
interview
to
India
Today,
Yogi
Adithyanath
talked
about
the
ongoing
divide
in
Bollywood
and
said,
“We
are
to
unite,
not
divide
and
film
city
in
UP
will
bring
everyone
together”.
“Actors
and
artists
must
be
respected,
but
it
is
also
important
for
filmmakers
to
respect
sentiments
of
the
masses,” the
chief
minister
said.
It
may
be
recalled
that
Bollywood
actor
Suniel
Shetty
had
requested
Yogi
Adityanath’s
help
to
do
away
with
the
‘Boycott
Bollywood’
trend
on
social
media
while
requesting
him
to
seek
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
help
to
clear
the
stigma
around
the
Hindi
film
industry.
“I
want
to
talk
about
this
hashtag
that’s
going
on
–
‘Boycott
Bollywood’.
It
can
stop
if
you
say
something
about
it.
We
are
doing
good
work,” PTI
quoted
Shetty
as
saying
in
a
meeting
which
was
attended
by
Bollywood
dignitaries.
Shetty
further
requested
Adityanath
to
seek
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
support
in
clearing
the
stigma
around
Bollywood.
“It
pains
me
to
see
this
stigma.
Ninety-nine
per
cent
of
the
people
here
are
good.
So,
please
Yogi
ji,
take
the
lead
and
talk
to
our
prime
minister
about
erasing
this
stigma,”
he
added.
What
is
Bollywood
boycott
trend?
The
“Bollywood
boycott”
trend
gained
momentum
on
social
media
sites
following
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput’s
demise
in
June
2020.
People
started
questioning
how
nepotism
is
affecting
India’s
leading
industry.
Movies
like
Aamir
Khan’s
‘Laal
Singh
Chaddha’,
Anurag
Kashyap’s
directorial
‘Dobaaraa’,
Vijay
Deverakonda-starrer
‘Liger’,
and
many
other
films
have
faced
boycott
calls
from
netizens.
Some
social
media
users
calling
for
a
boycott
of
Bollywood
films,
celebrities,
and
their
content.
The
boycott
call
was
made
to
protest
against
the
perceived
silence
of
Bollywood
celebrities
on
the
farmer
protests
and
other
social
and
political
issues.
The
trend
triggered
an
intense
online
discussions
and
debates,
with
some
supporting
the
boycott
call
and
others
criticising
it.
While
the
impact
of
the
boycott
on
the
Bollywood
film
industry
is
yet
to
be
seen,
it
has
brought
attention
to
the
role
of
the
entertainment
industry
in
addressing
social
and
political
issues.
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