Hrithik Roshan supports Yami Gautam as she calls out ‘monster of a trend’ of paid hype before a film's release

Yami Gautam urged actors, producers and directors in the film industry to stand together and discourage the practice of paid hype before a film's release.

Actor Yami Gautam has voiced her opinion on what she described as a growing ‘paid hype’ trend in Bollywood in recent times. The actor took to her X account on Thursday to say that the trend of spreading negativity against another actor/a film is a ‘plague’ that will significantly impact the future of our industry. Actor Hrithik Roshan, who worked with Yami in the film Kaabil, supported her in the comments.

What Yami wrote

Hrithik Roshan has come out in support of Yami Gautam in her latest post.

Yami began her post by saying that she has been meaning to address this issue for a long time. She said, “This so called trend of giving money, in the disguise of marketing a film, to ensure good ‘hype’ for a film is created or else ‘they’ will continuously write negative things (even before the film is released), until you pay ‘them’ money feels nothing but kind of extortion. Just because this arrangement is accessible to anyone- whether to ‘hype’ a film or spread negativity against another actor/a film is a plague that is going to affect the future of our industry in a big way.”

She went on to add, “Unfortunately if anyone feels- it’s harmless & let’s do it because it’s the new ‘normal’, is mistaken. This monster of a ‘trend’ is eventually going to bite everyone. If truth is exposed about a million things under the garb of who & what ‘success’ is over the past 5 years esp , unfortunately it’s not going to be a pretty picture for many.”

‘I say this as a deeply concerned member of the fraternity’

Hrithik's response

Hrithik came out in support of Yami, and wrote: “More than anything , the golden thing that gets lost and leaves them and all of us impoverished is the journalists true voice , a chance for them to inform all the creative forces behind a movie what they felt , thought , what they applaud and criticise. Only true opinions have the potential where feedback helps us evolve. Their own right to freedom gets unknowingly usurped and so does our chance of growth. Without freedom of expression, without the truth helping us evolve , what job satisfaction can they or any of us hope for ?”

Yami was last seen in the courtroom drama, Haq, which also starred Emraan Hashmi. The film opened to positive reviews and performed well at the box office. Meanwhile, Hrithik was last seen in War 2, which released during Independence Day. The film was a criticial and commercial failure.