<p>Actor Taapsee Pannu said the recent trend on social media calling for boycott of Hindi films is nothing but a "joke", one that undermines the viewers.</p>.<p>Pannu, whose latest movie <em>Dobaaraa</em> with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hit the theatres on Friday, said she has passed the stage of "being bothered" by social media trends.</p>.<p>"If something like this (boycott calls and trolling) happens on a daily basis, one ceases to be bothered anymore. It becomes useless. There is a dialogue to this effect in one of my films," Pannu said during a press conference here on Thursday.</p>.<p>"I cannot talk about others in the industry, but for me and Anurag, it has become a joke," she added.</p>.<p>The trend of hashtags calling for a film's boycott started with Aamir Khan's <em>Laal Singh Chaddha</em>. Asked to comment on the social media trends, Aamir had said he was saddened by the boycott calls and urged the audience to watch his film.</p>.<p>Later, similar hashtags against Akshay Kumar's <em>Raksha Bandhan</em> popped up on online platforms. Some netizens also called for the shunning of "Dobaaraa", directed by Kashyap and featuring Pannu in the lead.</p>.<p>"If the audience like they will go to watch a film. If they don't like, they won't. But giving the boycott call is like undermining my audience's intelligence," the actor said.</p>.<p>Pannu denied the rumours that <em>Dobaaraa</em> is inspired by the 2018 Spanish movie <em>Mirage</em>.</p>.<p>"Our film's content was decided in March 2018 while the Spain picture was announced in November that year. <em>Dobaaraa</em> is neither copied nor inspired," she said.</p>.<p>"Unfortunately Covid-19 struck and that delayed" everything surrounding our film and its release, she added.</p>.<p>The mystery drama revolves around how a woman named Antara (Pannu) gets an opportunity to save the life of a 12-year-old boy who witnessed a death during a thunderstorm which happened 25 years ago, by getting connected through the television set during a similar storm in the present.</p>.<p>She said <em>Dobaaraa</em> is the "most gripping film" that Kashyap has made till date and nobody could dare to attempt such a subject in Hindi cinema as everyone wants to play safe.</p>.<p><em>Dobaaraa</em> is jointly produced by Ektaa Kapoor's Cult Movies, a new division under Balaji Telefilms, and Sunir Kheterpal and Gaurav Bose's banner Athena.</p>.<p>Billed as an edgy thriller, the movie also stars Pavail Gulati and Rahul Bhat. </p>
<p>Actor Taapsee Pannu said the recent trend on social media calling for boycott of Hindi films is nothing but a "joke", one that undermines the viewers.</p>.<p>Pannu, whose latest movie <em>Dobaaraa</em> with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hit the theatres on Friday, said she has passed the stage of "being bothered" by social media trends.</p>.<p>"If something like this (boycott calls and trolling) happens on a daily basis, one ceases to be bothered anymore. It becomes useless. There is a dialogue to this effect in one of my films," Pannu said during a press conference here on Thursday.</p>.<p>"I cannot talk about others in the industry, but for me and Anurag, it has become a joke," she added.</p>.<p>The trend of hashtags calling for a film's boycott started with Aamir Khan's <em>Laal Singh Chaddha</em>. Asked to comment on the social media trends, Aamir had said he was saddened by the boycott calls and urged the audience to watch his film.</p>.<p>Later, similar hashtags against Akshay Kumar's <em>Raksha Bandhan</em> popped up on online platforms. Some netizens also called for the shunning of "Dobaaraa", directed by Kashyap and featuring Pannu in the lead.</p>.<p>"If the audience like they will go to watch a film. If they don't like, they won't. But giving the boycott call is like undermining my audience's intelligence," the actor said.</p>.<p>Pannu denied the rumours that <em>Dobaaraa</em> is inspired by the 2018 Spanish movie <em>Mirage</em>.</p>.<p>"Our film's content was decided in March 2018 while the Spain picture was announced in November that year. <em>Dobaaraa</em> is neither copied nor inspired," she said.</p>.<p>"Unfortunately Covid-19 struck and that delayed" everything surrounding our film and its release, she added.</p>.<p>The mystery drama revolves around how a woman named Antara (Pannu) gets an opportunity to save the life of a 12-year-old boy who witnessed a death during a thunderstorm which happened 25 years ago, by getting connected through the television set during a similar storm in the present.</p>.<p>She said <em>Dobaaraa</em> is the "most gripping film" that Kashyap has made till date and nobody could dare to attempt such a subject in Hindi cinema as everyone wants to play safe.</p>.<p><em>Dobaaraa</em> is jointly produced by Ektaa Kapoor's Cult Movies, a new division under Balaji Telefilms, and Sunir Kheterpal and Gaurav Bose's banner Athena.</p>.<p>Billed as an edgy thriller, the movie also stars Pavail Gulati and Rahul Bhat. </p>