Vijay Devarakonda faces massive backlash angry netizens call for `Boycott Liger`

A section of Twitter users demanded to boycott Vijay Deverakonda`s upcoming sports-drama `Liger` after he spoke against the boycott culture

Vijay Deverkonda and Ananya Panday are busy promoting their upcoming film Liger these days. During a recent interview, the stars were asked to comment on the popular #Boycott trend on Twitter.

On being asked, Vijay Deverkonda said, “I think we are giving this too much attention. Toh karne do (boycott), kya krenge hum. Hum toh picture banaayenge, jinko picture dekhna hai vo dekhnge. Jinko nahi dekhna vo tv pe yaa phone pe dekhnge.” As soon as this clip went viral, netizens targeted the actor.

I support this trend #BoycottLigerMovie

And I support #BoycottLiger

The most trending hashtag on Twitter is #BoycottBollywood pic.twitter.com/Ubo6XDfZ5f

— Van|sha mus|ng w|th SSR (@TILIGETITRIGHT) August 19, 2022

#VijayDeverakonda ko bollywood ki hawa lag gai hai https://t.co/Urn4Eky3M3

— Saurabh Singh (@Saurabh24s) August 20, 2022

रुको बेटा सब्र करो! ये घमंड भी जल्द ही टूटेगा! #BoycottLigerMovie #BoycottLalSinghChaddha #BoycottLiger https://t.co/nrfhunHSx0

— Kʌɭpɘsʜ Tʜʌĸoʀ 🇮🇳 (@Kthakor_14) August 20, 2022

Soon after Vijay voiced his opinion against the 'Boycott Culture', he started facing backlash on the internet as a section of netizens began attacking him . Netizens began trending the 'BoycottLigerMovie' hashtag and demanded others to boycott the project. 

With magnum opus movies like Laal Singh Chaddha , Rakshabandhan failing terribly at the box office Vijay Deverakonda’s attitude towards the audience doesn’t seem justified. Are these stars still taking the boycott culture by the audience for granted? Well we’ll know by the box office collections of Liger when it hits theatres on 25th August.