Popular Malayalam director Roshan Andrews has slammed some YouTube critics for threatening producers by asking them to give them negative reviews.
‘How Old Are You?’, released in Malayalam and starring Manju Warrier, was well received. The film was remade in Tamil as ’36 Vayathinile’ by popular Malayalam director Roshan Andrews. It was through this film that Jyothika re-entered the Tamil screen. He recently directed ‘Saturday Night’ after Dulquer Salmaan’s ‘Salute’. Roshan Andrews. The movie, starring Nivin Pauly, did not get the expected success. And the film was moderately well received by critics and audiences.
In this case, director Roshan Andrews has slammed YouTube critics. In an interview with the Manorama YouTube channel, he said, ‘I know YouTube critics who threaten producers to post negative reviews on YouTube if they don’t pay. There are critics who get paid up to 2 lakh rupees and post comments on Twitter saying that a bad film is good.
And YouTubers should be banned from standing at the theater door and asking people for their opinions about the movie after the release. There are some YouTubers who extort money by threatening to show the negative reviews of people to the producers. They make bad reviews about the movie for their income.
Reviews should be about the film only. Apart from that, everything about one’s personal life should not be criticized. Recently we can see that such activities are increasing. If you ask me, producers and theater owners should ban those who engage in such activities,” he said. Director Roshan Andrews’s comment has now sparked a debate on social media.