India, June 4 -- While fans are awaiting two of the biggest upcoming releases - Ranbir Kapoor's Ramayana and Mahesh Babu's Varanasi - much of the conversation around these films has centred on the massive budgets they are reportedly mounted on. Recently, critically acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee called out the trend and also schooled audiences for giving more importance to a film's budget than its content.

When asked about how the makers of Ramayana and Varanasi are promoting their films by highlighting their budgets, which run into hundreds and thousands of crores, Manoj told YouTube channel Kadak, "Woh ek PR ka zariya hota hai (This is a PR tactic), because this kind of talk have been happening from the last 15 years."

Blaming the aud...