Madhur Bhandarkar says the audience got angry with Bollywood after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death: ‘Maybe the industry ignored him…’

Madhur added that there is a small section of the audience that boycotts the movie and added that they are entitled to their opinion. He then said, “I have noticed that this (boycott) happened largely after the passing of Sushant Singh Rajput. Maybe the industry ignored him… He was from a non film background and he came and he struggled… It was a very unfortunate, untimely demise and from there, the anger amid the public got aggravated. It is the public’s opinion.”

A few years before the boycott trend started, Madhur’s film Indu Sarkar, which was set during the Emergency era, faced some political opposition. The Page 3 director said that at the time, no one from the film industry stood by his side.

He said, “I had no one. No one from the film industry stood by my side . A lot of people who speak about freedom of expression, no one even tweeted when my film was in trouble. I have always stood for other people’s movies. I was feeling bad, I was fighting a lonely battle.”

In 2022, Madhur Bhandarkar released two films – India Lockdown and Babli Bouncer.