Abhay Deol slams Bollywood's lobby culture, calls blind items 'disheartening'

Bollywood actor Abhay Deol has always been outspoken about issues. In a recent interview,  Dev D actor spoke about harmful effects of blind items. In interview, he also discussed lobby culture that has existed in film industry for deces.

Abhay Deol calls out lobby culture in Bollywood and blind items

death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14, 2020, led to a public discussion about functioning of Hindi film industry. Many celebrities have called out malpractices and nepotistic culture that has been prevalent in Bollywood. Actor Abhay Deol has also voiced his opinion about problematic issues in industry.

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In a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, Abhay Deol spoke up against lobby culture in Bollywood and how blind items can be harmful to a potential actor’s career and mental health. During interview, Abhay said that future generations who plan to create a mark for mselves in industry should be aware of its truth. He ded that for deces, many people’s careers have been cut short since y did t give in to or people’s demands or threatened ir position in some way.

While speaking about blind items, Abhay Deol said that he is aware of articles written about Sushant Singh Rajput. He ded that he is fine with se articles since he comes from a film background. But re are many people who might be sensitive to such rumours and blind items and could find m disheartening. He continued and expressed that se blind items could t only impact one’s mind but also ir career.

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In one of his recurring Instagram series, Abhay Deol called Bollywood award show organisers. He revealed that he and his co-star Farhan Akhtar were minated as supporting actors for ir film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. He spoke about Bollywood’s lobby culture in this post. He said that his and Farhan’s contribution to film was overtly handled by se awards. 

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