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

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

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

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

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

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“Shanghai”, released in 2012. A contemporary Indian take on the Greek novel “Z” by author Vassilis Vassilikos. Directed by Dibakar Banerji this film puts systemic corruption in politics front and center, with devastating impact. Extremely relevant today. Looks like these days one could make a film about the corrupt practices of Bollywood! By the way, not sure if the current outrage will give rise to an independent Hindi film and music industry, without the unoriginal tag of “Bollywood”, but it sure feels good to hear loud voices from within the industry, risking their careers for the bigger “picture” (pun intended 😊). (@priyasreedharan we gotta make another movie! What’s Wasim Khan’s Instagram handle?). #makingwhatbollywouldnt

A post shared by Abhay Deol (@abhaydeol) on Jun 24, 2020 at 9:41pm PDT

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

He called the 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 the ‘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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“Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, released in 2011. Need to chant this title to myself everyday nowadays! Also a great watch when anxious or stressed. I would like to mention that almost all the award functions demoted me and Farhan from main leads, and nominated us as “supporting actors”. Hrithik and Katrina were nominated as “actors in a leading role”. So by the industry’s own logic, this was a film about a man and a woman falling in love, with the man supported by his friends for whatever decisions he takes. There are many covert and overt ways in which people in the industry lobby against you. In this case it was shamelessly overt. I of course boycotted the awards but Farhan was ok with it. #familyfareawards Very creative artwork @kalakkii

A post shared by Abhay Deol (@abhaydeol) on Jun 19, 2020 at 3:15am PDT

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