Suniel Shetty urges UP CM to help get rid of 'Boycott Bollywood' trend

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty on Thursday urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to help erase hatred against the Hindi film industry and get rid of the Boycott Bollywood trend on social mediaAdityanath who was on a twoday Mumbai visit rounded off his trip by meeting film personalities such as Shetty Subhash Ghai Jackie Shroff Rajkumar Santoshi Manmohan Shetty and Boney KapoorThough the agenda of the meeting was to discuss shooting and investment prospects in Noida Film City Shetty took the opportunity to put forward the grievances of the film industry I want to talk about this hashtag thats going on Boycott Bollywood It can stop if you say something about it We are doing good work the 61yearold actor saidShetty further requested Adityanath to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modis support in clearing the stigma around BollywoodIt pains me to see this stigma Ninetynine 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 addedThe film industry has played a major role in connecting India with the world Shetty said and requested the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to use his influence in stopping the Boycott Bollywood trendWe have to join hands and try and get rid of the Boycott Bollywood trend and make people understand that most people in the industry are good We dont do drugs we dont harm othersI request you to be the person to abolish the stigma This industry is responsible for connecting India to the world especially when it comes to music Youre a very big name sir If you talk about it people will listen the actor saidThe BoycottBollywood hashtag first started trending following actor Sushant Singh Rajputs demise in June 2020 which ignited discussions on the nepotistic nature of the industry and the gatekeeping attitude of top bannersThe hashtag reared its ugly head two years later ahead of the August 11 release of superstar Aamir Khans movie Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumars Raksha BandhanThe other targets have been Anurag Kashyaps directorial Dobaaraa Vijay Deverakondastarrer Liger and Ayan Mukerjis bigbudget fantasy adventure Brahmastra Part One Shiva Superstar Shah Rukh Khans upcoming film Pathaan is the latest in the line of fire Shetty said it is wrong to label the industry in a poor light because of one rotten appleToday people think that Bollywood is not a good place But we have made such good films here I was a part of such a film too Border along with others he addedThe actor said he is grateful for all the love and support showered on him during his early years by people from Uttar PradeshToday I am what I am because of the people from Uttar Pradesh When they would fill theatres we knew our films would run well all over If you take the lead a change can be brought about in what people are thinking Shetty saidThe meeting held at Taj Colaba was also attended by Sonu Nigam Jackky Bhagnani Rajpal Yadav Ravi Kishan Ashish Singh Tej Kiran Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Om RautAlso Read IN PICS Suniel Shetty Sonu Nigam Jackie Shroff and others meet UP CM Yogi Adityanath in MumbaiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever