Actor Vijay Deverakonda met with the theater owner who called him “arrogant” after the failure of his Bollywood debut. ‘liger’.
After the poor box office numbers of ‘liger’ In the opening weekend, the southern superstar, who marked his Bollywood debut with the title, met with Manoj Desai, chief executive of Gaiety Galaxy and Maratha Mandir, and expressed regret over his ‘arrogant’ comments that fueled the ‘boycott’ trend towards the film.
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An image widely circulating on social media shows Deverakonda and Desai together, as the two smiled and posed for a photo during a recent meeting. Reportedly, the actor met with the exhibitor and apologized for his comments, which he believed were out of context.
#light :#VijayDeverakonda met with exhibitor from mumbai #ManojDesai and expressed regret for his recent comments about boycott/OTT issues (which were allegedly taken out of context). He will be promoting Liger in Dubai tomorrow at #AsiaCup (Courtesy – Filmi Fever) pic.twitter.com/Xa78C1lBEf
— AndhraBoxOffice.Com (@AndhraBoxOffice) August 28, 2022
For those unfamiliar, the controversy began earlier this week during a promotional outing for ‘liger’, when the ‘arjun reddy’ The actor addressed ‘boycott trends’ for his film, saying, “We have put our hearts into making this film. And I think I’m right.”
He maintained: “I feel like there is no place for fear, when I had nothing, I was not afraid, and now after I have achieved something, I don’t think there should be any fear even now.”
“Maa ka aashirwaad hai, Logon ka pyaar hai, Bhagwaan ka haath hai, andar aag hai, Kaun rokenge dekh lenge, (We have the blessing of the mother, the love of the people, the support of God and a fire within us, we will see who stops us)!”
Apparently, the comments didn’t go down well with Desai, and he criticized the actor for being ‘arrogant’, contrary to the industry’s superstars.
In response to the actor’s statement, “Watch the movie, or if you don’t want to, don’t watch it,” Desai said, “If the audience doesn’t watch it, what has the Taapsee Pannu situation become? What are Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar? Raksha Bandhan go through?”
In addition, he suggested that the actor move to OTT platforms and series, asking him to “leave the theater.”
“Why are you showing intelligence? People won’t even watch on OTT. Such behavior of yours is creating problems in advance bookings for our theaters.”
With the ‘boycott’ and ‘cancel’ culture gaining momentum in Bollywood, several new releases have fallen victim to it and been bombed at the box office. Some of the shocking box office flops include ’83’, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, ‘Jersey’, ‘Raksha Bandhan’, Y ‘Shamsher’ Among many others.
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On ‘liger’, the high-octane action movie stars Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishnan, Mike Tyson, Ronit Roy, Makarand Deshpande, and Ali along with Vijay Deverakonda. Directed by experienced southern industry filmmaker Puri Jagannadh, the project is backed by Karan Johar’s production label ‘Dharma Productions’.
The sports drama released earlier this week on Hindi Y telugu, along with folded Tamil, Malayalam Y Canada versions.
