Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath recently held a meeting with several stalwarts of the Hindi cinema in Mumbai during which he discussed the idea of developing a film city in Noida. Actor Suniel Shetty was also present during the meet and he had asked CM to do something about the prevalent negative perception of Bollywood among the masses. The actor talked about how boycott trends affect thousands of families and vouched that Bollywood isn't all bad as people assume it to be.

In a recent conversation with Bombay Times, Suniel opened up about his conversation with UP CM. He said, "I didn’t ask for anything else. Subsidies mil jayengi, faida hoga… munafa hoga sab theek hai, lekin audience bhi toh chahiye na, woh pyaar bhi toh chaiye na. So, all I asked for was love. And there is no harm in asking this on a public platform. When you need help, you need help and whoever can help you in that journey is absolutely okay.”

He further added, "One rotten apple doesn’t mean that the entire tree is rotten. I didn’t ask for anything else. If I do something wrong, if I project myself wrongly, then hang and ban me, but don’t ban my industry because there are 1000s of workers. I will get a lot of gaali (abuse) from people who want to boycott Bollywood. They will abuse me and say, ‘Yeh toh flop actor hai, etc.’ Par woh sab mujhe chalega (People might call me a flop actor but that’s okay).”