15 Bollywood Actors Who Didn't Promote Their Own Films
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- Authors: Shefali Saxena (Editorial Team)
Bollywood celebrities leave no stone unturned to promote their movies. From reality shows to daily soaps, radio and social media, by the time a movie releases, you almost get a feeling that you're done with it! While some stars go overboard to promote their movies, some don't even bother to do so. Believe it or not, there are many instances when the biggest of stars have taken a step back and not promoted their own films for various reasons. Here’s a list of some of them.
- 1/14
Irrfan Khan - Haider
He personally asked Vishal not to include him in the promotions because he had a cameo. He didn't want his name to be used to publicise the movie.
- 2/14
Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra - Dhoom 3
The reason they gave for not promoting the movie with Aamir and Katrina was that they didn't have a song picturized on them.
- 3/14
Abhay Deol - Aisha
He was apparently not happy with the way the film turned out so he didn't promote the film.
- 4/14
Aishwarya Rai - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
The actress was a big part of the film's hype but she was never really seen taking part in promoting it.
- 5/14
Akshay Kumar - Joker
The Khiladi had a tiff with director Shirish Kunder and his wife Farah Khan, so Sonakshi held the baton to promote the movie.
- 6/14
Ali Zafar - Dear Zindagi
Ali too fell prey to the ban and couldn't be a part of promoting this much appreciated movie.
- 7/14
Fawad Khan - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
He couldn't be a part of the film promotions due the raging issues between India and Pakistan, followed by a ban on Pakistani artists.
- 8/14
Kareena and Shahid - Milenge Milenge
They had recently broken up and Kareena was seeing Saif while she was shooting for Agent Vinod. Shahid too was heart broken and the duo refused to shoot a music video for the same. The movie's fate is not hidden from anyone.
- 9/14
Kangana Ranaut - Shootout at Wadala
She was not okay with the limelight Priyanka was gathering for her item number Babli Badmaash Hai so she stepped out of the promotions.
- 10/14
Sunil Grover - Coffe with D
According to him, the makers didn't show him the final cut and he said unless he sees the film, he can't be sure of what product is being given out so he won't promote.
- 11/14
Nargis Fakhri - Banjo
The actress was away the whole while in America and Ritesh Deshmukh promoted the 2016 film.
- 12/14
Mahira Khan - Raees
The Pakistani actress made her debut in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, but wasn't allowed to promote it in India which really disappointed her.
- 13/14
Bipasha Basu - Humshakals
She openly spoke about not promoting the movie and said, "I take full responsibility of getting into a film only on the basis of trust. But after dubbing for my character in the film, as I had professionally committed to do so I'm extremely disturbed by the end result of the same... In these circumstances I didn't know how to promote a film with all honesty and that's why I thought it was better to stay away." She was really pissed off with Sajid Khan.
- 14/14
Anushka Sharma - Pari
Anushka Sharma did not promote her third production venture, Pari. Apparently, she was clear from the very first day that she won't be promoting the film as she was pretty confident about the content despite it being a risky subject.
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