As someone who has been part of Bollywood for more than 35 years, Sanjay Dutt has seen it undergo drastic transformation. And, the actor rues that not all changes have been for the better. He says, “The relationships within the industry are becoming more professional. People don’t have time for each other. Earlier, we would interact a lot more, there was togetherness and a personal connect. All that has changed now.”
He adds, “A few days ago, I was talking to some industry people about how a movie’s success has now become a matter of three-four days. It wasn’t like that before. In our days, we would celebrate silver and golden jubilees of our films. We had lavish premieres and celebration parties. How is it that the Tamil and Telugu film industries are flourishing so much? They are making movies that we can’t even think of making. I recently saw Ajith sir’s (Tamil superstar) movie trailer, and I couldn’t believe the way they have shot the film. Even a film like Baahubali was unbelievable. Why can’t Bollywood do something like that? We call ourselves the biggest movie industry and all that, but there is something which is going wrong. I don’t know what it is. I think as a film industry, we should support each other more and be like a family, so that we can make good cinema. Only then can we survive and flourish.”
(Also read: These Bollywood friendships will give you BFF Goals!) On the work front, Dutt is currently gearing up for the release of his upcoming movie ‘Bhoomi’. Helmed by Omung Kumar and starring Aditi Rao Hydari alongside Dutt, ‘Bhoomi’ will hit the theatres on 22
nd September.
