The latest online campaign against Prakash Raj has reached SS Rajamouli. In an interview, the actor said social media users are now questioning the filmmaker for casting him in Varanasi. Prakash Raj, who is shooting the film, said he isn’t worried.
Boycotts haven’t hurt his films
Calls to boycott Prakash Raj’s films have become routine on X, especially since he began speaking out on politics. But the actor argued to NTV’s Point Blank, that these campaigns have done little at the box office. “When I starred in KGF, they had a problem with me acting in it. It made so much money; what do you do now? You said, let’s ban Prakash Raj, and yet Drishyam 3 collected more. Who can stop movies? At most, they can stop films I produce. I am primarily an actor. I am in Varanasi now. On X, they are questioning Rajamouli for casting me in the film. Who will be able to ban it?”
The most his critics can realistically affect, he said, is a film he produces himself. As an actor working on other people’s projects, he sees little they can do. “Who can stop movies?” he asked. He added that audiences who know and enjoy his work have never had a problem with him.
'Judge me by my work'
