‘Yaad’ director Sanjay Gandhi upset with Avinash Tiwary for not promoting his film; says, “It is ethically wrong”

‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ actor Sanjay Gandhi recently turned director with his short film ‘Yaad’ that released on June 30 on MX Player. The movie finally saw the light after 10 long years as Sanjay revealed that he had lost the hard disc of the final copy a decade ago. The movie also stars ‘Bulbbul’ actor Avinash Tiwary who technically made his debut with ‘Yaad’ but the actor had refused to promote the movie.

Talking about Avinash, Sanjay said, “I had called him and he was very happy, but he(Avinash) asked, “Aise kaise Sir achanak se release ho rahi hai?”, I said it’s not in my hands, it was MX Player’s call. He said congratulations and spoke to me very nicely, but I was surprised when suddenly after a few days I saw his profile and found he is talking nowhere about the film and he is only talking about ‘Bulbbul’ and I was very hurt. Then I called my casting director who had recommended him to me and told him to speak to Avinash. Then he called his partner, to ask Avinash what the problem is.”

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Sanjay further added, “What Avinash said made me feel very upset. He said that he did not like working with me, that’s why he doesn’t want to talk about the film. So I wondered who was he 10 years back?. He was nothing then and I did not even take his audition then. Because I trust my team. When Gautam (casting director) suggested him to me so I trusted them. And I was so busy when he came to meet me at the shooting of ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ and he was very humble and nice. I was shocked that how dare him.” 

He further continued, “While shooting sometimes in the industry director, actor, writer get into a fight. But there was nothing like that between me and Avinash. He was my hero, he was so good to me. Like I never raised my voice on him, I never abused him and never misbehaved with him. So how he can say like that? In all these 10 years, you (referring to Avinash) worked with Imtiaz Ali and different type of directors and this is the maturity you achieved in 10 years.”

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When asked if Avinash’s behaviour is the result of stardom, Sanjay said, “No No. It is not stardom. He is nothing, who is he? I’m sorry to say, I spoke to my team and everyone, they are telling me, ‘Sanjay just ignore him and don’t give importance to him, he is nothing. It is not like if he will talk about my movie, I will become Raj Kapoor. Let’s not give him importance. He must be feeling embarrassed about the film. His PR team could also be the reason, they are guiding him to not speak about the film. Because ‘Bulbbul’ released on 24th and ‘Yaad’ came on 30th. Even if they did tell Avinash like that, he should have told them that ‘I’m sorry I was nothing 10 years back and that time Sanjay Gandhi sir gave me the main role in this film’. It is ethically wrong. It means you are a selfish man.” 

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