Fake Bollywood

It's almost 90 days of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's mysterious death & the mystery still remains unsolved. Some people have declared it a suicide while others are calling it a murder. Meanwhile the Supreme court of India has handed over the case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), another central agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) had been also investigating the money-laundering angle in the actor's death & now the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) also got involved in this case. Along with these bigger agencies, the late actor's millions of fans & Media channels are also investigating the case and regularly disclosing the secrets which nobody else knows. Some intellectuals are opposing this kind of Media trial but one question arises here that why Bollywood biggies have been so cold for the campaign "JusticeForSSR"?  Why the Bollywood's so called celebrities who used to be so vocal on various political & social issues in recent years are maintaining a safe distance from this case? Rather now some of them have suddenly appeared in the favour of the prime accused Rhea Chakraborty. Either they are afraid of anything or a few of them might be involved in this conspiracy?

A small town boy SSR belonging to an upper middle service class family, a pampered child grown up with 5 elder sisters, a national rank holder in AIEEE, a winner of Physics Olympiad, an scholar of Astro-physics who becomes an Engineering dropout just to chase his dreams. Despite having such excellent academics this introvert & shy boy starts finding himself in Dance & Drama. He began his journey alone towards an unpredictable career & came to the city of dreams Mumbai. Initially he worked as a background dancer & later on got selected for a role in a daily soap. He became very popular But he always believed in taking risks, so he left the show whereas he didn't have any offers for the films at that time. Soon he grabbed attention of Bollywood because he had all the characteristics to become a HERO. He was hard working, good looking, charming with a killer smile, amazing dancer & above all of these he was a natural actor. He had done very risky projects in a very short timespan of his career & became a Star. But Bollywood never realized his true potential because he was an outsider!

Thousands of young girls & boys come to Mumbai having a dream to be appear on the big screen; they struggle very hard, they spend months while sleeping on the Footpaths & eating only Wada-pav, they roam around shooting studios where their entry is prohibited strictly, they give hundreds of auditions per day just to get one break in movies that can change their lives. However, 90% of these strugglers never get a chance & their time got wasted; some of them return back to their hometowns while others who don't have enough guts to return with this failure decide to stay in the city. These guys become taxi drivers & the girls become bar dancers. Although the scenario has been changed in recent years after TV industry came in limelight. Ekta Kapoor, founder of the Balaji telefilms had given new wings to the small screen. The lady gave that one chance to several struggling newcomers out of them many have become a popular face of the TV industry. Few of them got a break in movies too like Sushant Singh Rajput. Our former HRD minister Mrs. Smriti Z.Irani had also been a very famous TV Bahu on a long running serial.

Earlier, people wishing to work in films started doing theater to test their acting capability in front of live audience where there couldn't be any retakes. The alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD) including Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Om Puri, Ratna Pathak Shah, Irfan Khan, Ashutosh Rana & many more had set up new benchmarks of acting. Doing theater for years was not the guarantee of getting a big commercial break so in the decade of 90s, strugglers chose comparatively a shortcut to enter into the film industry through modelling. They started to participate in several beauty contests & fashion shows. Now things have become much easier for the aspiring actors after revolution of Social media. Social media gives a platform to showcase one's acting,dancing or singing talent with immediate response from the audience. Over-the-top or OTT platforms like Netflix & Amazon have completely changed the equation of showbiz. At present when cinema halls are shut due to Covid19 pandemic, subscribers of these platforms are increasing rapidly. Although in the beginning web series with some unique & thrilling concept were released which gained critical acclaim & appreciation from the viewers as well, but now it has become an open platform to present nudity & vulgarity as there is no censorship over OTT.

During the initial days of Indian cinema, respectable families didn't used to allow their children to act in the films. That's why many popular actors like Dharmendra had to run away from their homes to Mumbai without informing their parents. This condition was much tougher for the ladies as acting in the films was not considered good for girls. In later years, many poor girls started working in films because they just needed a job to feed their families. While coming to the 80s & 90s, girls belonging to normal middle class families along with some big business families too entered in Bollywood & became popular actresses like Dimple Kapadia & Neelam etc. These girls were not helpless to earn money for their families but still they choose Acting as a career because they simply loved to do it. Some of them have switched their career to acting, for ex. veteran actresses like Jayaprada & Smita Patil while the former was a renowned dancer & the latter was a news anchor. In the decade of 90s when the gorgeous Madhuri Dixit just rocked the big screen with her chartbuster dance numbers, then every college going girl of that time started dreaming of becoming like her only. Her smile, her hairstyle, her fashion statement & most of all this her dance moves made everyone crazy for her. After this many girls ran away from their homes willing to become an actress. 

In India, some Bollywood & Cricket personalities are literally worshiped like a God whether it is Amitabh Bachchan in North India, Rajnikanth in South India or Sachin Tendulkar in Pan India. Fans of Bollywood stars follow them blindly without knowing the reality hidden behind this glamour world. The Film actors are considered as a role model for youth, are they deserving enough to be called a role model? Well! SSR death case has proven to be an eye-opener for the common public. It has actually exposed the real face of the fake Bollywood industry. It has shown us the darkness of this glamour industry. These Bollywood celebrities are nothing but only bundle of lies. Their ugly faces are hidden behind the layers of professional make-up & expensive surgeries, their bodies are merely like skeleton coated with so much of Plastic and their abusive words are hidden behind their advanced English speaking skills. This case has revealed that how the bigger names of Bollywood always feel insecure of the new talent coming in the industry. If any young actor like SSR is not interested to be a part of their group or going to their parties, they gang up against the newcomer & try to degrade him with the help of paid media or any other means. Even they hire paid followers on Social media platforms like Twitter & Instagram etc. to show their fake popularity. Recently some of the Bollywood celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra & Baadshah etc. have been summoned by the Mumbai police in connection with a racket which creates & sells fake social media followers & 'likes'. Casting couch is like an unofficial contract in Bollywood for getting films, no matter you are a boy or girl; you have to sleep with your Producer/Director/Co-actor just to grab a role in their movies. Even guys are facing this too if the Producer/Director is Gay/Bisexual. Now these monsters are not limited to the sexual harassment of girls, they are hunting young boys as well to fulfil their unusual demands in exchange for offering them a role in their movies. In 2018, the International MeToo movement shook the bollywood when a number of women opened up & shared their stories about being abused by top guns of Bollywood. Famous Director Sajid Khan has been accused with such allegation by multiple women. Meanwhile the investigation of SSR death case, rumours are coming out that some big Bollywood names are Peadophiles & are involved in Child trafficking. Now the prime accused in this case Rhea Chakraborty has reportedly disclosed to the NCB that 80% of Bollywood celebrities procure & consume Drugs and are actively involved in the drug cartel. The Bollywood-Underworld nexus is not a new thing & we have often come across news reports about several actors whose names have come in the forefront when we talk about the connection with D company. 

Now in 21st century things have changed a lot. Now parents support the children to follow their dreams whatever they are.  Sometimes they give financial help to their struggler son/daughter to establish them in Mumbai which is very good. But now-a-days we can see that some parents are so desperate to get instant success for their child that they are just pushing them to the acting field. This may be due to another side effect of social media that now everyone wants to show off their high standard of living. They want to become famous overnight, they want to increase their income & they want to live a luxurious life so they use their kids to achieve all these things. We see 5-6yrs old kids or teenagers in different type of reality shows & even in daily soaps where they work for hours. Is it not a kind of Child labour? In reality shows these small kids face elimination every week, to avoid getting eliminated they try to give their 200% in their performance, they continuously try to fulfill the expectations of their parents & society. They know that millions of people around the globe are watching them on TV & voting for them, is this level of stress good for the mental health of the kids? How do they find time for their studies? I am not against any teenager who want to make a career in Film industry or the parents who want to see their children in Films or TV shows, but my concern is only that childhood of any child should not be compromised at any cost. Let them enjoy their childhood or teenage fully in a normal environment with common people till they become 18 & then let them decide whatever career they want to choose.

The bollywood that always promotes nudity & sexism for the sake of fake Feminism; these are the people who always try to defame our country in the name of Freedom of Speech. This is the place of shameless people with copied creativity. So first of all I wanna request to the owners of reputed educational institutions that instead of inviting these people for your annual functions you must invite some poets/writers/real life heroes so that our young generation could be inspired in a good way. Is it ok for the parents to see their child singing the rap songs full of abusive words, the songs that encourage youth to become an Alcoholic, the songs that represent woman as merely a materialistic thing. So what do you think that a child would enjoy to be in what place, a School or a Shooting set? Which place is more safe for your child? Which company would you prefer for your child, other children of same age & good teachers or so called Bollywood celebrities who are involved in so many scandals? Decision is yours....