India, Sept. 27 -- Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has questioned Bollywood's continued use of smoking as part of a leading man's on-screen image and on posters, expecially. The director on Sunday shared posters featuring Ranbir Kapoor in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal, Ranveer Singh in Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar and Vicky Kaushal in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love & War, with all three actors seen smoking in their respective looks.

Sanjay took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday and shared a collage of the three actors. His post questioned the anti-smoking messages audiences are shown in theatres before and during films but smoking on posters is allowed. "What is the point of those unpleasant anti smoking reels we have to endure before and during films w...