Boycott Bollywood: Could Daily Twitter Outrage Really Kill Hindi Cinema?
2 years, 4 months ago

Boycott Bollywood: Could Daily Twitter Outrage Really Kill Hindi Cinema?

News 18  

Boycott Laal Singh Chaddha. Here’s a fun equation to predict future trends on desi social media– “Boycott” + “Insert movie name” = New Twitter trend. Who can forget Shilpa Shetty’s forgetful Bollywood “return” with ‘Nikamma’ and ‘Hungama 2’? Alia Bhatt, often attacked as the “poster-girl for nepotism”, on the other hand, roped in new fans with her performances in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and ‘Darlings.’ Not to forget Kartik Aaryan who carried Akshay’s evergreen ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ in the second installment with the very able Tabu and made it the biggest Bollywood commercial hit of the year thus far. When Boman Irani, not your average actor, does ‘Housefull’ ‘Happy New Year’, ‘Dilwale’, and supports the over-the-top movies, one could really take him on his word from this interview on Rajya Sabha TV’s show “Guftagoo” with Irfan.

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What are the behavioural patterns of fans of Tamil movie stars on social media?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What are the behavioural patterns of fans of Tamil movie stars on social media?

The Hindu  

In Tamil Nadu, cinema serves a role beyond entertainment — it significantly influences and merges with the political sphere. Segregation of accounts To better understand the relationship matrix between fan accounts and the political hashtags, we grouped the fan accounts into groups, namely — ‘Anti-Ajith’, ‘Anti-Vijay’, ‘Pro-Suriya’, ‘Pro-Ajith’, ‘Pro-Dhanush’, ‘Pro-Kamal’, ‘Pro-Rajini’, ‘Pro-Simbu’, ‘Pro-Sivakarthikeyan’, ‘Pro-Vijay’, ‘Pro-Vikram’, and others. To compare the …

Zara AD To SRK’s Pathaan; Everything That Got A Boycott Call On Social Media In 2023
1 year ago

Zara AD To SRK’s Pathaan; Everything That Got A Boycott Call On Social Media In 2023

News 18  

In the year 2023, social media evolved into a battleground for calls to boycott a diverse array of products, individuals, and organisations. Notable instances included Zara facing backlash for seemingly targeting the ongoing conflict in Gaza, and Shah Rukh Khan’s film encountering criticism for actions that offended certain communities. Adipurush – Following the release of the trailer, Prabhas’ film faced …

Boycott Culture Creates Negative Atmosphere, Says Union Min Anurag Thakur Amid Pathaan Row
1 year, 10 months ago

Boycott Culture Creates Negative Atmosphere, Says Union Min Anurag Thakur Amid Pathaan Row

News 18  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday took a jab at those who are a part of the boycott culture targeting films and who encourage negative comments without full information about a movie. And just to spoil the narrative, sometimes people comment without full information,” Anurag Thakur said, news agency ANI reported. “At a time when India is …

Anurag Thakur slams boycott culture against films, says thwarts India's influence as soft power
1 year, 10 months ago

Anurag Thakur slams boycott culture against films, says thwarts India's influence as soft power

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday condemned the 'boycott culture' targeting films and said such incidents vitiated the atmosphere of the country at a time when India was keen on enhancing its soft power. "At a time when India is keen to enhance its influence as a soft power, at a time when Indian films are making …

Javed Akhtar on #BoycottBollywood trend: 'We should respect Indian films'
1 year, 11 months ago

Javed Akhtar on #BoycottBollywood trend: 'We should respect Indian films'

India TV News  

Films are in the DNA of the country and we must "respect Indian films", said noted lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Friday as he responded to a question about the social media trend of #BoycottBollywood at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur. Akhtar termed Indian cinema "one of the strongest goodwill ambassadors in the world" at a press …

Bollywood 2022: How trending hashtags hurt Hindi films at the box office
1 year, 11 months ago

Bollywood 2022: How trending hashtags hurt Hindi films at the box office

Firstpost  

In an age of instant judgments and increasing scrutiny, Bollywood must do what it takes to lessen the frequency of calls for boycott on social media and aspire to produce non-controversial content that attracts more viewers to the theatres consistently A couple of years ago, nobody could have imagined that a call for a film’s boycott on social media could …

Bollywood, KFC's Kashmir Post, Flipkart's SSR Tee: Everything Twitter 'Boycotted' in 2022
2 years ago

Bollywood, KFC's Kashmir Post, Flipkart's SSR Tee: Everything Twitter 'Boycotted' in 2022

News 18  

2022 was the year of the boycott trend on Twitter and arguably, Bollywood faced the worst ire from those spreading the hashtag. From the current controversy over SRK-Deepika Padukone song ‘Besharam Rang’ from ‘Pathaan’ to companies like KFC, Hyundai, Flipkart and Amazon, here are some of the matters that got the boycott trend rolling this year. pic.twitter.com/CZx3kmTqXW— Prashanth Rangaswamy February …

Don’t make s*** films and then complain that some boycott has destroyed your film: Ranvir Shorey
2 years, 2 months ago

Don’t make s*** films and then complain that some boycott has destroyed your film: Ranvir Shorey

Hindustan Times  

Ranvir Shorey’s new film Midday Meeal is a social drama that released on October 14. Ranvir Shorey also spoke about what really affects a film’s box office collection, and said people should not complain about ‘some boycott’ if their film itself is bad, adding they should in fact be ‘ashamed of’ their film. Recently films like the Aamir Khan-starrer Laal …

Boycott Bollywood movement by Vaishna Roy
2 years, 3 months ago

Boycott Bollywood movement by Vaishna Roy

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:40 IST The day this went to press, the right wing’s virulent poster boy Vivek Agnihotri announced that the Boycott Bollywood movement was a “cultural revolt”. It was a telling comment, establishing how peripheral are the “issues” that seemingly animate the boycott calls and how central is the desire to wreck a certain strain of …

Something is rotten: Understanding the Bollywood boycott phenomenon
2 years, 3 months ago

Something is rotten: Understanding the Bollywood boycott phenomenon

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:40 IST The idea of “boycott” was born in Ireland. “Boycott’s impact on the box office is an unsubstantiated story,” said Gautam Jain, partner in Ormax Media, a media analytics and consultancy firm in Mumbai. “As long as the content is appealing, it is always going to make money.” The boycott calls were able to …

Lights, camera, right turn
2 years, 3 months ago

Lights, camera, right turn

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:40 IST It has been a journey 30 years in the making, one that began with the first pan-Indian hit from south India—Roja, around the time the BJP’s Ram mandir movement was reaching a crescendo. The film, with its black-and-white take on patriotism and nationalism, was the precursor to the wave of Hindi films that …

Will Brahmastra rise above Boycott trend & social media negativity to emerge box office winner?
2 years, 3 months ago

Will Brahmastra rise above Boycott trend & social media negativity to emerge box office winner?

Firstpost  

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s Brahmastra has received tremendous response in advance bookings. In the past few months, Bollywood has went through a tough phase as many Bollywood biggies including Laal Singh Chaddha, Shamshera, Raksha Bandhan, Liger and others have failed miserably at the box office. While #BoycottBollywood, #BoycottBollywoodForever and #BoycottBollywoodCompletely has been trending on social media every now and …

Explained: The beginning, blistering and ballooning of the 'Boycott Bollywood' trend and where it will end
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: The beginning, blistering and ballooning of the 'Boycott Bollywood' trend and where it will end

Firstpost  

From Aamir Khan to Shah Rukh Khan to Ranbir Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan, all have been embroiled in this sudden, unexpected trend that has hit the Indian film industry like a meteor. One of the first instances that come to mind is Aamir Khan ’s film PK, the 2014 Rajkumar Hirani directorial. Laal Singh Chaddha, in 2022, paid a price, …

Prakash Jha says he'll react to boycott trends when good films are impacted
2 years, 3 months ago

Prakash Jha says he'll react to boycott trends when good films are impacted

Hindustan Times  

Directed Prakash Jha in a recent interview talked about people getting offended by him for years amid the current cancel culture in Bollywood. After the failure of Laal Singh Chaddha, the director cited examples of Aamir Khan's hit films--Lagaan and Dangal, to talk about whether boycott trends can really impact a movie. I have now started saying along with all …

'Boycott Bollywood' can't affect technicians: The Kashmir Files' Pallavi Joshi
2 years, 3 months ago

'Boycott Bollywood' can't affect technicians: The Kashmir Files' Pallavi Joshi

Hindustan Times  

The year 2022 has seen a number of trends in the entertainment world. While actors and filmmakers have urged people not to boycott their films without watching, some have even argued that such boycott affects the thousands of poor technicians and crew members too. Pallavi Joshi, whose film The Kashmir Files is the highest-grossing Hindi film this year, says the …

Trolls trending #BoycottBrahmastra on social media have double standards
2 years, 3 months ago

Trolls trending #BoycottBrahmastra on social media have double standards

Firstpost  

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s Brahmastra: Part 1 Shiva is set to hit the screens on 9 September. Bollywood biggies like Laal Singh Chaddha, Raksha Bandhan and Dobaaraa have faced the heat of this negative trend while Vijay Deverakonda ’s Liger was almost a part of this radar but negative reviews turned it into a box office dud well in …

Bollywood shocks with non-existent united response to boycott calls
2 years, 3 months ago

Bollywood shocks with non-existent united response to boycott calls

Firstpost  

“It all started when a strange virus forced people to stay locked in and stop worshipping gods with feet of clay.” This could make for a suitable epitaph about the bustling Hindi film industry in a few years’ time. This is a phase in India’s lived history when Hindi film folk are facing rejection from audiences, losing the battle of …

Shefali Shah says ‘boycott Bollywood’ trend won’t last long
2 years, 4 months ago

Shefali Shah says ‘boycott Bollywood’ trend won’t last long

Hindustan Times  

The chorus for boycotting Bollywood films has been growing louder over the past few months. Many have said that as films’ business gets affected and more Bollywood films fail at the box office, Bollywood may find it hard to get out of this rut. However, others have said the issue has been blown out of proportion and the calls have …

Delhi Crime star Shefali Shah says Boycott Bollywood, Cancel Culture trends 'won't last'
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Crime star Shefali Shah says Boycott Bollywood, Cancel Culture trends 'won't last'

India Today  

Multiple big-budget films like Laal Singh Chaddha, Prithviraj and Raksha Bandhan have been a victim of the Boycott Bollywood trend. However, actress Shefali Shah feels it's a phase and it won't last long. Shefali along with her co-stars Rajesh Tailang and Rasika Dugal, were speaking about her new series, Delhi Crime 2, when she opened on the Cancel Culture, which …

Bollywood is reduced to place of drugs, sex post Sushant's suicide, says Swara Bhasker on boycott trends | Exclusive
2 years, 4 months ago

Bollywood is reduced to place of drugs, sex post Sushant's suicide, says Swara Bhasker on boycott trends | Exclusive

India Today  

Swara Bhasker returns to film after four years with Jahaan Chaar Yaar. She also claimed that the current trend is to spew hate toward Bollywood, which gained momentum post actor Sushant Singh Rajput's demise. 'SILLY AND PETTY TO CELEBRATE SOMEONE'S FAILURE' Speaking about the North Vs South debate, Swara told IndiaToday.in, "I don't like this kind of division. Addressing the …

Boycott calls for Hindi films has become a joke, undermines audience's intelligence: Taapsee Pannu
2 years, 4 months ago

Boycott calls for Hindi films has become a joke, undermines audience's intelligence: Taapsee Pannu

India TV News  

Actor Taapsee Pannu said the recent trend on social media calling for a boycott of Hindi films is nothing but a ''joke'', one that undermines the viewers. Pannu, whose latest movie ''Dobaaraa'' with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hit the theatres on Friday, said she has passed the stage of ''being bothered'' by social media trends. The trend of hashtags calling for …

Fact Check: Bollywood stars aren't boycotting people - these pics are from 2018 Kathua gang rape protest
2 years, 4 months ago

Fact Check: Bollywood stars aren't boycotting people - these pics are from 2018 Kathua gang rape protest

India Today  

Actor Arjun Kapoor recently spoke about the trend of boycotts against Bollywood movies. He said, “I think we made a mistake by being silent about it and that was our decency, but people have started taking advantage of that,” adding that the Bollywood fraternity needs “to come together and do something about it because what people write about us or …

From Kareena Kapoor Khan to R. Madhavan, this is how actors have reacted to boycotting of Bollywood
2 years, 4 months ago

From Kareena Kapoor Khan to R. Madhavan, this is how actors have reacted to boycotting of Bollywood

Firstpost  

When did this trend of Boycott Bollywood even begin? A lot of celebrities like Kareena Kapoor Khan, R. Madhavan, Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu have recently spoken about this sudden, unexpected trend. In an interview recently, ahead of the release of Laal Singh Chaddha, Kareena, upon being asked about people wanting to boycott the film, she stated, “I think it’s …

Indian cinema gets a boost as Hollywood boycotts Russia over war with Ukraine
2 years, 7 months ago

Indian cinema gets a boost as Hollywood boycotts Russia over war with Ukraine

India Today  

Moscow: The Indian National Cultural Center organised the second SITA Bollywood Film festival on April 30, 2022. The attendees got the chance to watch a Bollywood dance show by dance groups of Russia followed by the screening of new Indian movie ‘Runway 34’, starring Ajay Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani and Rakul Preet Singh. BOYCOTT OF RUSSIAN FILMMAKERS This could …

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead

Op India  

Today, when the whole world is confronted with an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over the ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms in India. Considering the kind of enormous outreach of social media, platforms such as Twitter have started to act arbitrarily to become a state within a state Twitter decided to defy an …

India plans new social media controls after face-off with Twitter
3 years, 9 months ago

India plans new social media controls after face-off with Twitter

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, angry with Twitter for ignoring request to erase accounts, wants content down within 36 hours when asked. Chafing from a dispute with Twitter, India plans to oblige social media companies to erase contentious content fast and assist investigations, according to a draft regulation. In India, Twitter ignored orders to remove content over farmers’ protests, heightening the zeal of …

Bollywood strikes back: With theatres reopening, Hindi film industry needs its audience more than ever before
4 years, 2 months ago

Bollywood strikes back: With theatres reopening, Hindi film industry needs its audience more than ever before

Firstpost  

Top Bollywood producers have united to sue Republic TV and Times Now for ‘defamatory’ coverage. Recently we saw the Hindi film industry unite and take action beyond the cozy confines of social media, when four associations and 34 major production houses from the Hindi film industry moved Delhi High Court against Republic TV, Times Now, and four of their TV …

Vivek Agnihotri talks about Bollywood destroying Indian culture, Nikhil Dwivedi reminds him they did Hate Story together
4 years, 2 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri talks about Bollywood destroying Indian culture, Nikhil Dwivedi reminds him they did Hate Story together

Hindustan Times  

There is never a dull day in Bollywood. A day after top Bollywood producers went to court and sued some television news channels over use of derogatory language in their coverage, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri tweeted about how Bollywood has destroyed Indian culture. Vivek tweeted: “Can the public sue Bollywood for destroying music, lyrics, language, art, creativity, social fabric and culture …

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