It’s Very Wrong To Say That

Prior
to

Brahmastra‘s
release,
Alia
Bhatt
had
left
a
section
of
people
upset
with
her
comment
on
the
topic
of
nepotism.
The
actress
had
said,
“I
can’t
keep
defending
myself
verbally.
And
if
you
don’t
like
me,
don’t
watch
me.
I
can’t
help
it.
That’s
something
I
can’t
do
(anything
about).” Soon
after
that,
netizens
trended
#boycottaliabhatt
and
#boycottbrahmastra
on
social
media.

In
a
recent
interaction
with
News18
Lokmat,
Shreyas
Talpade
reacted
to
Alia’s
statement
and
said
that
by
asking
people
to
not
watch
their
movies,
if
they
do
not
want
to,
actors
were
alienating
themselves
from
the
audience.

Shreyas
told
the
news
portal,
“It
is
very
wrong
to
say
that
if
you
do
not
like
me
just
do
not
watch
my
movies.
This
way
you
will
end
up
alienating
yourself
from
the
audience.
An
actor
exists
only
till
the
audience
likes
him.”

On
being
asked
what
he
would
wish
from
Lord
Ganesha
this
year,
the

Iqbal
actor
made
an
indirect
reference
to
celebrities
reacting
to
the
boycott
trend,
and
expressed
his
displeasure
with
their
statements
on
the
same.

The
actor
said,
“Whatever
statements
are
being
made
in
the
(film)
industry
right
now,
I
don’t
like
them.
They
don’t
seem
convincing.
The
prayer
is
at
the
feet
of
Bappa
to
grant
wisdom
to
us
all,
who
are
working
in
the
industry.
Because
the
statements
that
have
come
now
are
not
very
convincing
to
me.”

In
the
last
few
months,
many
Bollywood
stars
like
Arjun
Kapoor,
Swara
Bhaskar,
Suniel
Shetty
and
others
have
spoken
out
against
the
cancel
culture
that
has
affected
the
film
industry.

Coming
back
to
Shreyas
Talpade,
the
actor
will
next
be
seen
in
Kangana
Ranaut-starrer

Emergency
in
which
he
is
essaying
the
role
of
former
Prime
Minister
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee.