Pavail Gulati calls out the cancel culture in Bollywood: The hate will hamper a lot of career and dreams

Pavail Gulati’s film Dobaaraa , which released earlier this year, was one of the films which faced boycott calls on the social media, and the actor has broken his silence about the trend, saying it is more of a hate culture than a cancel culture.

“I don’t know if boycott trend affects the box-office business, but I feel the trend is very stupid in its nature. Because you are not boycotting just one person, but hundreds of the people associated with the project who have put in their hard work into it. There are people whose lives depend on it. You are not cancelling one person but cancelling the hard work of 400 people,” says Gulati.

The Thappad (2020) actor continues, “People say that yeh nepotism hai, isko boycott karo. They don’t realise that I am an outsider and I am also attached to the film. I came from Delhi when I was just 18, and spent 2 years learning acting. I did so many jobs as AD and casting agent. Just because some people think are not right for the industry, you are cancelling 400 people attached to the film, and are calling my struggle nothing”.

Gulati admits that it has turned out to be a tricky zone, asserting that this is a culture of hate right now.

“I think it will be better soon. You need to embrace empathy towards other people. When we adopt ‘live and let live’, we will be in a better place for everyone,” says the actor, who was seen in the recent film Goodbye co-starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna .

Here, he admits that boycott calls do other him as he is just starting his journey in the industry.

“I am just two films old. Big stars might be used to it, but these things bother me. When they were calling to boycott my film, the calls were for me as well. It is not a nice feeling, not an embracing feeling. The hate will hamper a lot of careers and a lot of dreams by the end of it. I hope it just fades soon,” he ends.