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Kareena asks Vivek Agnihotri not to boycott Laal Singh Chaddha, and Vivek Agnihotri responds

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Kareena asks Vivek Agnihotri not to boycott Laal Singh Chaddha, and Vivek Agnihotri responds

Vivek Agnihotri, the director of The Kashmir Files, appears to have poked fun at Kareena Kapoor and Laal Singh Chaddha after the actress asked fans not to boycott the movie out of respect for the 250 or so people who worked on it. Vivek responded to Kareena’s statement in a similar manner on Twitter.

Kareena along with Aamir Khan play the title characters in Laal Singh Chadha. The movie is an official Hindi remake of the Tom Hanks-starring Forrest Gump from 1994. Prior to its release, the hashtag “Boycott Laal Singh Chaddha” became popular on Twitter, which brought attention to Laal Singh Chaddha. Many demanded a boycott of the movie because they believed Aamir had offended religious sensibilities in his previous film, PK.

Laal Singh Chaddha is such a beautiful movie that people shouldn’t boycott it, Kareena had recently said. And I want Aamir Khan and I to appear together on screen. We’ve waited so long—three years, to be exact. So, please refrain from boycotting this movie because doing so is equivalent to boycotting quality cinema. And 250 people worked on the movie for two and a half years, putting in a tonne of effort. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, she made the demand.

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Vivek Agnihotri pointed out on Twitter that after some people boycotted his movie, The Kashmir Files, few people in the film industry supported it “When good content small films are sabotaged, boycotted by the dons of Bollywood, when multiplexes remove their shows, when critics band together against small films, when these things happen… Nobody considers the 250 underprivileged individuals who toiled long hours on that movie.”

He also added, “Why do the kings of Bollywood continue to boycott, ban, and ruin the careers of so many outside actors, directors, and writers? When the average Indian learns about the haughtiness, fascism, and anti-Hindu sentiment of the Bollywood dons, they will drown them in hot coffee.”

Additionally, he responded to a tweet about theatre attendance for Laal Singh Chaddha performances. Vivek replied to one of these tweets by asking, “Who has single-handedly led Bollywood to such mess and humiliation? Fun fact: In Bollywood, his/it/their/kingdom them’s is still expanding while obliterating everyone else. Let’s smell the coffee. Anyone interested in producing an objective, critical, and academic podcast on this topic?

With a 340 crore global gross, Vivek’s The Kashmir Files is still the highest-grossing movie of the year. The killings of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir served as its focal point. Laal Singh Chaddha had an initial gross of 11.70 crore and currently has a five-day total of between 45 and 46 crore.

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When asked about watching The Kashmir Files after it had been released, Aamir Khan responded that every Indian should. During a Hindi-language event, he had stated, “I will definitely watch the film. It is a heartbreaking chapter in our history. It’s really tragic what happened to the Kashmiri Pandits. Every Indian should watch the movie made about this topic and think back on what it’s like to experience such trauma.

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

Raj Babbar left his wife, Nadira, to marry Smita Patil in 1983. His daughter Juhi Babbar has recalled the time in a new interview.
Actor Raj Babbar was already married and had two children when he began his relationship with fellow actor, Smita Patil. The affair and the ensuing marriage saw a lot of controversy, given how it began. Raj Babbar’s daughter, former actor Juhi Babbar, has now opened up on the time and how she came to know about the relationship when she was just 7 years old.

Juhi Babbar on Raj Babbar and Smita Patil

In an interview with Lehren Retro, Juhi recalled how Smita Patil made a conscious effort to connect with Raj’s two children – Juhi and her brother, Arya. “My father talked and explained his marriage with Smita Patil to me when I was barely seven years old, and that’s why my memories of Smita ji are very different. She went out of her way to do things for me. I think she also had this thing that we are the kids of the person who is most special to her, and so we are special to her as well. She would show us a lot of love, always bringing us gifts when she travelled, and she would ensure that at home, we were served the food that we liked. These small memories are nice, but unfortunately, there aren’t many memories,” she said.

Juhi said she was conflicted about her impression of Smita at the time because the actor was always nice to us, but she could see that the marriage had shaken up her own family, particularly her mother, Nadira. “As a child, I knew this is the lady my father wants to be with, and he wants to make her his wife. I could see Smita making an effort towards me and my little brother, but I also knew that this was disturbing the unit that used to be, and that my mother was unhappy about it. I had that understanding—that aunty (Smita) was being so good to me, but when I go home, I shouldn’t share this with my mother.”

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Raj Babbar and Smita Patil’s marriage

Smita Patil and Raj Babbar met on the sets of their 1982 film Bheegi Palkein. Raj left Nadira to marry Smita the following year. Their son, actor Prateik Babbar, was born in November 1986. However, Smita Patil died soon after from childbirth complications at the age of 31. Raj Babbar got back together with Nadira a few years later.

Juhi Babbar made her film debut with Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam in 2003. She worked in a handful of films over the next few years before taking a hiatus to do TV. In 2023, she returned to films with supporting roles in films like Faraaz and Farrey. She is married to actor Anup Soni.

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