Actress Payal Ghosh is excited about her upcoming release, Fire Of Love, which is set to hit the theaters later this month. However, what bothers her is that her co-star, actor-comedian Krushna Abhishek has not promoted the film. “Everyone is shocked, including the creators of the project. Krushna has not participated in any promotion till now. He’s busy in his own world or what, I don’t know,” the actor tells us exclusively.
Asked if there was any conflict between him or the team, Ghosh said she was not aware of anything. “The makers talk to him, but every time they ask him to come for promotions, he says he is busy traveling somewhere,” says Ghosh, adding, “Even when I contacted him to ask if there was any problem, he informed me for the death of his grandmother. While I understand that, but even before that, he wasn’t coming for promotions.”
The 33-year-old adds that it is not easy for her to promote the film alone and that she needed to support her co-star. “Lord akeli kitna hi kar shakti hu. Agar aap nahi bhi aa rahe ho, toh at least Instagram par songs ya trailer promotion toh kar sakte ho,” he asserts, adding, “After we make the film, it is important to promote it. It’s his movie too, it’s not like he has a small role. It seems so strange and everyone keeps asking me about its absence. It’s about time he had to spend time on promotions. The producers have put in so much money, so it’s our duty to promote.”
Ghosh has her concerns that his absence will affect the film and its success. “It can affect the film. Mai aur Krushna hi hain film mein, it would be nice to promote it together. Krushna is quite a big name in television, being influential in it. I will talk to him again about why he is not participating in the promotions.
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Krushna clarifies
I had no contact with the production team. I was very busy with Bigg Boss OTT show and Kapil Sharma. My dad expired a week ago and no one knows that. Aisa nahi hai that I am not promoting the movie, they just don’t know. I love the team.
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