Hema Malini, though a rival in politics, backed Jaya Bachchan’s sentiment about Bollywood.
New Delhi:
Veteran actor and BJP MP Hema Malini said Bollywood “will always remain in high regard” and that no one could bring it down in an instant over charges such as drugs and nepotism. In an emotional defense of the film industry, he said, “I have a name, fame, respect, everything in this industry … it feels really painful.”
Hema Malini, 71, spoke to NDTV one day that another lead actor, Jaya Bachchan, his contemporary in Hindi films, spoke out emphatically in parliament against what he called attempts to vilify the film industry with drug abuse allegations related to the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. .
Attacking actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishen for his comments on drugs in Bollywood, Jaya Bachchan, a member of the Samajwadi Party, said in Rajya Sabha: “Just by a few people, you cannot tarnish the entire industry … Jis thaali me khaate hain usi me chched karte hain,” she said.
Hema Malini, though a rival in politics, backed Jaya Bachchan’s sentiment. “I want to tell people, the beautiful place of Bollywood, a creative world, it is an industry of art and culture … I feel very hurt when I hear people speak so badly about it, about drugs and things like that. .. But if there is a stain, you wash it off and it disappears. The Bollywood stain will also disappear, “he told NDTV.
So many artists worked so hard to make the industry, the political actor continued.
“So many great artists … matinee idols were gods in human form. People used to wonder if they were artists or God. Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dharmendra (Hema Malini’s husband), Amit-ji (Amitabh Bachchan), are all examples of Bollywood luminaries who made Bollywood synonymous with all things Indian. Bollywood is India. I cannot accept that they ridicule our industry in this way. “
He added that even if there were cases, that didn’t mean the entire industry was bad.
Addressing allegations of nepotism, which has been in the midst of intense debate since actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai home on June 14, Hema Malini said: “If someone’s son or daughter is unites the industry, it’s not a given. They become superstars. Talent and luck are important. “
Bollywood, he said, could not be tarnished with a small stain. “Many contributed to this industry: Hrisihkesh Mukherjee, Bimal Roy, Gulzar, Ramesh Sippy, Subhash Ghai … You can’t bring down the industry in a minute.”
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