Abhay Deol pitches film on Bollywood's 'corrupt practices'; hails ones risking careers now

Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has sparked a movement, t just restricted to his fans and or netizens demanding 'justice', but even celebrities are joining in. Kangana Ranaut and numerous or stars have since n been calling out various prevalent issues of industry like nepotism, favouritism and bullying. One of those to have opened up has been Abhay Deol, who shared some of kwn but uncomfortable truths around industry.

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Abhay, who had shared his take on being ‘demoted’ in category at an awards function, once again highlighted ‘corrupt practices’ of Bollywood with a reference to his film Shanghai. actor termed 2012 release as a ‘contemporary Indian take’ on Greek vel Z.

He added that Dibakar Banerjee directorial put ‘systemic corruption’ in politics ‘front and center with devastating impact.’ Abhay also called movie, also starring Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin, as ‘extremely relevant today’ and how one could make a film about ‘corrupt practices of Bollywood!’

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With Kangana and or stars slamming Bollywood’s practices and Sonu Nigam highlighting ‘music mafia’, Abhay expressed his uncertainty on ‘current outr’ leading to emergence of independent Hindi film and music industry, without ‘uriginal tag of Bollywood’. However, Dev.D star expressed his delight on hearing ‘loud voices risking ir careers' for bigger “picture”.

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Abhay has been on a spree of sharing his thoughts on many of his films in recent days, Marama 6 Feet under, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Dev.D, Road, Movie, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye. However, post on Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara became talked about.

He called practice of ‘lobby’ as 'shamelessly overt' and boycotted an awards show after he and Farhan Akhtar was demoted to supporting actors category and Hrithik Roshan as ‘leading actor.’ In a recent interview with a publication, he stated that it was Sushant’s death that had prompted him to open up.   

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