In 2022, a section of the people on social media platforms started the trend before the release of big-budget films like Laal Singh Chaddha, Liger, and Brahmastra.

Actor Suniel Shetty has spoken about the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend and asked where are the trolls now. Speaking with news agency ANI, Suniel also said “it was just a phase that we rode out,” adding that the film industry “just went through a bad patch”.

Suniel Shetty on Boycott Bollywood trend

Suniel in an interview said, “I think it was just a phase, a movement that came and went. Lots of things were happening with Bollywood and ‘#Boycott Bollywood’ was a viral trend, a big movement that was causing further damage to what was already happening in our industry at the time. But when I spoke to Yogi-ji (Yogi Adityanath), I was honest. The first thing that I told him was, ‘bhagwan par bhi to ungli uth ti hai, hum to insaan hain (some even point fingers at the Almighty, we are only human). He took it very positively.”

Suniel Shetty called it a bad phase

“Where are all these trolls now? Does the hashtag exist anymore? Just 10 people here and there, putting out #Boycott Bollywood posts on social media doesn’t make any sense anymore. It didn’t even make any sense back in the day when it became a viral trend. I believe it was just a phase that we rode out. We just went through a bad patch,” he added.

In 2022, a section of the people on social media platforms started the trend before the release of big-budget films such as Laal Singh Chaddha, Liger, Brahmastra, and Raksha Bandhan. The trend affected the box-office business of some of these films. Films like Liger and Brahmastra also faced boycott calls.