Recently, a blind item put out by The Opinionated Indian has kicked up fresh noise in Bollywood circles. The report kinda suggests that after a high-profile spy thriller did not really do well at the box office, its leading star allegedly started placing the blame on a younger co-star, you know, someone with a much smaller role. And then this is where it gets messy, because fans are now asking themselves where the responsibility for the film’s failure actually sits or rests, like, is it on that co-star, or somewhere else.
Blind Item
This spy thriller has flopped as expected. But what has caught the attention of the audience is that the movie’s lead star is passing the blame to an actress who had a much smaller role in the movie. As per a source, after going all guns blazing during the 1st week, she realized that the movie had been rejected by the audience. Apart from celebs close to her, her PR had paid off people to praise the movie. But the audience saw through it. What irked the public even more is that the movie was then portrayed as the second lead’s movie & the second lead’s failure. The movie was sold as the A-list heroine’s movie, but the blame for the failure was put on the younger star! The A-list actress has been getting trolled for a variety of reasons;s, such gimmicks just made the audience hate her even more.
The blind item says the film was pretty much pushed hard as a comeback for the leading actress, a nd yeah, a lot of the marketing kinda wrapped itself around her star power. But once the box office numbers didn’t land the way everyone hoped, the story reportedly sort of pivoted, with industry talk going on to suggest that the younger supporting actress might be one of the reasons the performance felt disappointing. Apparently this new line of messaging didn’t really work with viewers, many of whom believed the responsibility should stay with the biggest face tied to the whole project.
The report also adds that this alleged blame game has only made the leading actress look worse in recent months. It points out that in Bollywood, aggressive PR and image management are pretty normal, but audiences apparently didn’t like the idea of shifting attention from the project itself and placing it on a co-star who has a comparatively smaller part. The blind item then suggests that these kinds of tactics could end up tarnishing the senior star’s public image more than the actual box office stumble.
Our Guess
Leading Actress: Alia Bhatt
Younger Co-Actress: Sharvari Wagh
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