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‘They don’t have aukaat to boycott Ranbir Kapoor’: Vivek Agnihotri says every filmmaker in Bollywood secretly badmouths stars, keeps paying them Rs 150 cr for ‘sadi acting’
Vivek Agnihotri said that every filmmaker in Bollywood secretly badmouths stars, but none of them has the courage to criticise them publicly.

Controversial filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, best known for films such as The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files, said that prominent filmmakers and producers in the Hindi-language industry are fed up of major stars and their financial demands. He said that every one of them badmouths stars behind their backs, but none of them has the courage to say anything to them. He also responded to a question about Animal director Sandeep Reddy Vanga bearing the brunt of the backlash for the film, while star Ranbir Kapoor was mostly left alone.
In an interview with Digital Commentary, Agnihotri said that nobody has the courage to criticise Ranbir in the industry, implying that he is simply too powerful. “Aukaat hi nahi hai inki, himmat hai karne ki, kar ke dikhayein (As if they have the courage to say anything about him. Who are they to criticise Ranbir? Let them try).”
He continued, “I challenge you to name one director or producer in Bollywood who doesn’t badmouth these stars. Do they have the courage to say anything in public? They don’t. So they deserve to suffer. Do phir Rs 150 crore ghatiya kaam ke, sadi hui acting ke (Then pay them Rs 150 crore for crap acting). They have attached their fortunes to stars, and this is why I quit Bollywood.” He said that his problem isn’t with actual stars, but with people who have the airs of a star despite not having achieved anything.”
In a recent interview, Vanga himself said that Ranbir was left alone in the aftermath of Animal’s release, because producers didn’t want to burn bridges with him. “People who criticsed very badly, film related people, everybody said Ranbir was brilliant. I am not jealous of Ranbir but the point is ‘Ranbir was brilliant but writer director was…’ I don’t understand the disparity,” he said in an episode of Game Changers, adding, “I understood they want to work with Ranbir. That’s clear because if they say anything to Ranbir… It’s easy to make a comment about me because I am new for this place.”


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