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Vivek Agnihotri is known to always voice his opinions, no matter how crucial the matter is. Speaking to IndiaToday.in, the director recently shared his thoughts about Anurag Kashyap’s take on The Kashmir Files’ Oscars nomination.
And now, Vivek posted a long note on Twitter and titled it ‘Bollywood An inside story’.
VIVEK AGNIHOTRI SHARES BOLLYWOOD’S ‘INSIDE STORY’
Vivek Agnihotri, who never shies away from commenting about pressing issues, posted a long note on Bollywood’s darkest secrets. Titled ‘Bollywood An inside story’, his open letter can be read, “I have now spent enough years in Bollywood to understand how it works. What you see is not Bollywood. Real Bollywood is found in its dark alleys. Its underbelly is so dark that it’s impossible for a common man to fathom. Let’s understand it: In these dark alleys, you can find shattered dreams, trampled dreams, buried dreams. If Bollywood is a meuseum of tale nt, then it’s also a cemetery of talent. It’s not about rejection. Anyone who comes here, knows that rejection is part of the deal (sic).”
The letter continues, “It’s the humiliation & exploitation which shatters tender dreams, hopes and belief in any kind of humanity. One can survive without food but to live without respect, self-worth and hope is impossible. No middle-class youngster grows up ever imagining to be in that situation. It hits so hard that instead of putting up a fight, one gives up. Lucky are those who go back home. Who stay on, break apart. Those who find some success but not the real one, get into drugs, alcohol and all kind of life-damaging stuff. Now they need money. So, they get introduced to all kinds of funny money. Some success is the most dangerous one. You are in showbiz without any income & power. You have to look like a star, party like a star, PR like a star but you aren’t a star (sic).”
The letter concludes with, “Imagine yourself in a gangsta ghetto where you have to behave like a gangster without a gun or knife. This is where you are open to humiliation & exploitation. Instagram is not free. It demands money to shoot, look good, sound busy. This hollow race of validation brings you back to where you started from the dark hole, which keeps getting deeper and deeper with each race. You show off, nobody sees. You scream, no one hears. You cry. no one cares. All you find is surrounded by people laughing at you. You bury your dreams. Quietly. But then you find people dancing on the grave of your dreams. Your failure becomes their celebration. You are a dead man walking. Irony is nobody can see you are dead except for you. One day, you literally die. And then the world sees you. VRA (sic).”
ON THE WORK FRONT
Vivek Agnihotri started his directorial stint with 2005 film, Chocolate. A couple of films later, the director received newfound fame with The Kashmir Files (2022). Currently, he is helming The Delhi Files which will release in 2024.
