Akshay Kumar on boycott tradition: ‘Don’t do such mischief, it impacts the economic system of India…’

Indian celebrities are voicing their opinions on the continuing cancel tradition in Bollywood. Recently, Akshay Kumar too opened up about how the boycott tradition ‘hurts’ the business in addition to the economic system. 

In an interview with Hindustan Times, the actor stated, “People are smart enough to understand what is wrong and what is right. I would just request them, don’t do such mischief, it’s not good and it hurts every industry. Abhi kya ho gaya hai, sabko apna apna kuch bolna hai. Ek film banti hai bohot saare paiso aur mehnat se and koi bhi industry ho (Everybody has a opinion now. When a film is made, there goes a lot of money and hardwork into it), it affects the economy of India and we actually indirectly are hurting ourselves only and I hope people realise this soon.” 

Further speaking about hit movies within the south, the actor stated that all of it is determined by the film and never on whether or not it’s a south or north movie. He stated, “Movies run because they are good and movies don’t run because they are not good. All we have to do is make the right movies.”

Director Aanand L Rai additionally spoke concerning the subject and stated that for a director, the word-of-mouth is essential. He stated, “Everybody has got their own choice. It’s freedom of expression and how they use it. I have always felt that audiences are very powerful and they know what they want and nobody can stop them from that. For a director, it’s about the story and the word-of-mouth.” 

Akshay’s current movie Raksha Bandhan was the sufferer of cancel tradition and has didn’t carry out effectively on the box-office. His movie clashed with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha.