Impressed by Ramayana and Varanasi’s big budgets? Manoj Bajpayee calls the hype a ‘PR tactic’
While fans are awaiting two of the biggest upcoming releases — Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana and Mahesh Babu’s Varanasi — much of the conversation around these films has centred on the massive budgets they are reportedly mounted on. Recently, critically acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee called out the trend and also schooled audiences for giving more importance to a film’s budget than its content. Manoj Bajpayee spoke about budget hype trend of films. ‘Promoting films on budget a PR tactic’ When asked about how the makers of Ramayana and Varanasi are promoting their films by highlighting their budgets, which run into hundreds and thousands of crores, Manoj told YouTube channel Kadak, “Woh ek PR ka zariya hota hai (This is a PR tactic), because this kind of talk have been happening from the last 15 years.” ‘Audience doesn’t get a rupee of this money’ Blaming the audience for hyping films based on their budgets and box office numbers, he said, “This has become so infectious that sometimes any audience member who meets me at the airport they …
