Diet food in the morning, drugs at night! Pahlaj Nihalani’s strong attack on Bollywood, Akshay Kumar also surrounded
Filmmaker and former censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani has revealed the black truth hidden behind Bollywood’s glitter. During a conversation on a YouTube channel Learn from the Legend, he said that today’s actors not only interfere in the casting of the film, but also interfere in choosing the director.
Pahlaj Nihalani shared an anecdote of the time of the 2003 film ‘Talaash: The Hunt Begins’, when Akshay Kumar insisted on taking Kareena Kapoor in the lead role. He said, “Earlier the casting producers and directors used to decide, but for the first time a hero intervened with me in casting.”
He said, Akshay had told me, ‘We can start the film from tomorrow, take the money as many asks, but the heroine will be Kareena.’ At that time the film was being made at a cost of 22 crores, which was a huge amount at that time.
Nihalani believes that as the actors get older, they try to work with heroines of younger age so that they feel younger. He also added that now the actor decides everything and the producers are only a courier boy.
6 vanity van, 1.5 lakh bills and drugs – Nihalani accused Bollywood
Pahlaj Nihalani also reacted sharply to the ‘growing beak’ of today’s artists. He said that earlier there used to be a makeup man, but now every artist has a hair maker, glass catcher and what are the people. He taunted and said, “Earlier there was a vanity van, now one for exercise, one for meetings, six vanity vans for cooking are sought.
Nihalani also said that the lifestyle of today’s artists has become very showy and expensive. He said, now they do not bring home food, ask for diet food. And need drugs at night. Actors should be ashamed who demand such.
This impeccable conversation of Pahlaj Nihalani not only reveals the reality of Bollywood, but also explains how the film industry’s working style has changed over time. Large stars have now dominated the entire process of filmmaking, not only performances, and the reality behind it is not as glamorous as it looks on screen.