‘Bollywood is the cemetery of talent’: Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘inside story’

Director Vivek Agnihotri took to Twitter on Sunday and posted an ‘inside story’ about Bollywood. He said that what we see as the Hindi film industry is not Bollywood and the real one “lies in its underbelly.”

He also labelled Bollywood as “the museum but also the cemetery of talent.” Stating that it’s not just about people being rejected, he said, “ Anyone who comes here, knows that rejection is part of the deal. It's the humiliation and exploitation which shatters tender dreams, hopes and belief in any kind of humanity.”

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Talking about how the unsuccessful ones end up in a never-ending battle, he added, “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. 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.”

Talking about this “hollow race for validation,” Vivek said, “ 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."

Vivek recently slammed Anurag Kashyap after he said in an interview that he “hopes The Kashmir Files doesn’t get picked up for the Oscars.”