'Bollywood actors have become social media influencers': Vivek Agnihotri
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Director Vivek Agnihotri is known for his fiery opinions on Twitter and he has always been unapologetic about his viewpoints. In a recent tweet, the filmmaker tweeted about how the prestigious Cannes Film Festival had become "more about fashion and less about films." This aspect of "fashion over films" at Cannes 2023 divided the house among the netizens too.
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Agnihotri spoke about his opinion in detail
Agnihotri elaborated on the same and said, "Films have been replaced by fashion. And that too, with the kind of fashion which is to create a sensation, instead of being real." He slammed Bollywood actors attending the festival and said, "They have no spine left. Also, Bollywood actors have become social media influencers, so they are not acting anymore. For them, life is cool."
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Agnihotri's earlier tweet on the issue
So sad to see the death of Cannes Film Festival. Most of these are not even actors or have any film showing at Cannes. Films are replaced with fashion. Actors with SM influencers. Film Journalism with… you know what…
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) May 22, 2023
And FILMMAKERS… who cares about them?
Om Shanti! pic.twitter.com/fBMdWF1sSE