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Emraan Hashmi is gearing up for his series called ‘Showtime’ that releases on Disney Plus Hotstar on March 8. In an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, the actor spoke about the industry, the negativity it faced, and Kangana Ranaut’s ’nepotism’ remark.
Hashmi said, “There was a lot of negativity towards the industry after Covid, and even after the Sushant Singh Rajput episode, and the Boycott Bollywood trend for that matter. There was a resentment, where the entertainment industry was focused on singularly.”
He added, “I like Kangana a lot personally, as an artist, and a person. Maybe she might have had some bad experiences in the film industry. My experience with Kangana was such, that I had given a hit that time, but still in Gangster I took the villain’s role where she was given center stage. It was almost like a female-centric film. So, I don’t know when this perception about the industry started and people started saying that we all are drug addicts or the industry only works through nepotism. I think it is dumbfounding and not true.”
Emraan Hashmi on the dark reality of Bollywood
Hashmi, while speaking about the actual face of Bollywood said, Well, it’s a perspective. I think, you know, when people say that Bollywood is a very bad place or it’s an unfair place, I think it’s a perspective of a person that is working here. If you have resilience, if you can roll with the punches, I don’t think it’s an unfair place. But if you don’t have that, if you’re not willing to put in the hard work, the hardships, the heartaches when a film releases on a Friday, because it all doesn’t only come down to hard work. Everyone works hard but also there is a factor of the environment, there’s the factor of luck.”
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