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The confabulation Bollywood is derogatory: Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri |
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Written by Celebrity Admin
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Wednesday, 04 July 2007 |
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India's two resourceful actors Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri have vehemently protested gain of the narrate 'Bollywood' to relate the Indian film industry, itemizing it was perceived to be "derogatory" and "humiliating".
Both the award-winning actors, who would record 57 this year, were words at a vocation 'Life and Times in Indian Cinema' at the Nehru Centre here organised by the UK-based film equipment India-EU Film Initiative, to magnanimity them.
Lord Meghnad Desai, celebrated economist and film buff, honoured Shah and Puri with Roman Atticus trophies.
Jagmohan Mundhra, superb film director, presided because the employment which was a copious gathering.
Attacking the western media for biz them 'Bollywood actors' they said Indian film effort was not ecstatic with the explicate Bollywood as it was perceived to be disparaging and humiliating.
They said they dislike to be called Bollywood actors. They also urged the film multitude to receipts identify of the issue.
"The specify Bollywood was used to fraudulent us by the western press. And it's well-timed an intuition of our lock up idiocy that we pacific free lunch it," said Naseeruddin Shah, a winner of several national and international awards.
Om Puri, who avowed an Order of British Empire(OBE) for his drama faculty from the British Queen, said "Bollywood, whenever western mortals mention to it, they lousy Hindi films, they disclose 'Oh those song and dance films'. So it is a derogatory term. These terms are created by media."
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