Vikrant Massey reacts to insider vs outsider debate in movie trade: 'Ye wahi log karte hai jo baahar baithe hai'

Raashii Khanna : ‘The role Sidharth Malhotra has played in my life is..!’ | The Sabarmati Report

Jul 02, 2025 07:09 PM IST

Actor Vikrant Massey critiques the ‘insider vs outsider’ narrative in Bollywood, labeling it as social media hypothesis.

Actor Vikrant Massey, typically hailed as one of the vital gifted performers of his technology, has weighed in on the long-running ‘insider vs. outsider’ debate in Bollywood. Vikrant dismissed the insider-outsider narrative as largely a product of social media chatter.

Vikrant Massey addresses the insider vs outsider debate in Bollywood, calling it a product of social media.

Vikrant on insider vs outdoors debate in movie trade

In an interview with Screen, Vikrant confused that these outdoors the trade are sometimes those fueling the dialog, whereas inside the movie fraternity, the traces aren’t so stark. “Ye sab social media ki baatein hai. Ye wahi log karte hai jo baahar baithe hai (This is just social media chatter. It is just completed by those that should not a part of the movie trade),” the 12 Fail actor mentioned.

Vikrant began his profession on tv and step by step labored his manner into acclaimed movies like A Death within the Gunj, Chhapaak, and twelfth Fail. Despite not having a movie lineage, he has managed to carve a stable area for himself within the trade.

“If you are part of the fraternity that we belong to, nobody sees it like that. Majority of them, at least, I can speak for myself, and you must listen to me, because I am the ‘so-called outsider’, esa kuch nahi hai, ye sab social media wali baat hai (there’s no debate like that, it is only on social media). So we don’t pay attention to it because none of it is true,” Vikrant mentioned.

About Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan

Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan stars Vikrant Massey alongside Shanaya Kapoor, marking the latter’s Bollywood debut. Directed by Santosh Singh and written by Mansi Bagla, the movie is produced by Zee Studios and Mini Films. Makers launched the trailer of the movie on Tuesday. In it, Vikrant performs a visually impaired character who falls in love with Shanaya, a theatre artist on an experimental journey, selecting to expertise the world blindfolded. The movie is scheduled for theatrical launch on 11 July.