Top 10: The biggest lies in Bollywood
"The fact is no star will play a different role because they simply don’t want to risk it. SRK will play SRK in all his films, "says Nair including actor Akshay Kumar (above) in that category.“Having spent seven years in Bollywood, I am puzzled by how Bollywood works,” director Mahesh Nair writes in a characteristically humorous piece for the current issue of Outlook magazine.
“For instance, most of us always want to know if a film is a hit or a flop. When you eat at a restaurant, would you want to know if the owner has made a profit or loss? Or would you be more concerned about whether the food is good or bad?”
The man has a point.
Nair has cherry picked his ten most favorite over used and abused statements from the Mumbai film industry -- phrases like "Bollywood goes global" and "It’s different" -- to show how often lies masquerade as truth in the media. And how frequently words are used to divert from the reality triggering worldwide misconceptions about India’s massive film industry.
The article is funny and it's true. Start reading here.
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