Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha had a disappointing run at the box office, failing to cross ₹50 crore in its opening weekend. Actor Anupam Kher, in a new interview, opened up about the 'boycott Bollywood' trend, and if it had anything to do with Laal Singh Chaddha's failure.
"Laal Singh Chadda was not a great film. If it was a great film then no power would've stopped it. Aamir Khan's PK worked really well. The point is that you need to accept the truth," Anupam told news agency ANI.
The veteran actor further said, "I am not for boycott trends, not at all but you can't stop somebody from doing what they want to do. But if your product is good, it will find its audience. In fact, they will go with a vengeance. And the only way to kill this trend is to make brilliant work."
Speaking about the 'boycott Bollywood' trend, Anupam also said that he feels this trend will not affect a film. If a film is good, then it will work, but if a film is bad, then it will not, but not because of the boycott trend, he said.
The boycott trend against Laal Singh Chaddha began after Aamir Khan's 2015 interview – where he said that his then-wife Kiran Rao had suggested they move out of India because of ‘growing intolerance’ – had resurfaced and caught attention on social media.
Anupam will be next seen in Kangana Ranaut's directorial Emergency. He also has The Signature, Anurag Basu's Metro In Dino, and the upcoming thriller film IB71 in the pipeline.
