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In Rohit Shetty’s directorial Sooryavanshi, Akshay Kumar is playing a cop. The movie was preponed so as to avoid a box office collision with Salman Khan’s Inshallah on Eid 2020 next year. Soon after, Akshay Kumar’s fans began trending the hashtag #ShameOnRohitShetty, accusing Shetty of doing so without keeping the actor in loop. The Kesari actor has now shared a request note for his fans, asking them to not participate in negative trends.
He wrote, “Since the past few days I’ve noticed certain negative trends being done by people dearest to me…you guys. I can see and understand your angst, all I can do is request you all with folded hands not to start/participate in such trends. I took up Sooryavanshi with a very positive outlook, let’s continue making and releasing it in the same way.”
Apparently, Akshay fans were not happy that Rohit had bowed down to Salman and took a step behind. ‘Boycott Sooryavanshi, Boycott Akshay Kumar’ instantly started trending on Twitter had started trending on Twitter.
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Director Rohit Shetty’s film “Sooryavanshi” will now be released on March 27. It features Bollywood’s ‘Khiladi’ in high-octane sequences, while “Inshallah” is going to be directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Salman made the announcement with a photograph in which Rohit and he are twinning in black.