The Bollywood Mafia and Its Truth; Anees Bazmee, Vikas Bahl reveal the reality

Whenever a Bollywood movie is about to hit the screens, there are Boycott Bollywood and Boycott Actor/Movie trends that take over social media. But that’s not all, after the film performs well and the box office numbers are out, we see the Bollywood mafia making news. Interestingly, while the trend of boycotting Bollywood is driven by the fans, the people talking about the ‘mafia’ in the film industry are from the fraternity itself. So who better than some of the most famous filmmakers to reveal the true side of the story? Also Read – Hera Pheri 3: The Real Reason Why Karthik Aryan Replaced Akshay Kumar Revealed

Directors Anees Bazmee (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2), Vikas Bahl (Queen, Goodbye), Abhishek Sharma (Ram Setu), Mahavir Jain (Unnchai) were on the Corporate Culture in Film Industry panel at the ongoing 53rd IIFI, Goa, where they shared their thoughts. Also Read – No Entry Mein Entry: Has Salman Khan Really Quit The Film? Director Anees Bazmee BREAKS THE SILENCE

The panel discussed how corporations are increasing their bets on creative calling and how the corporatization of the film industry is affecting the way films are made. Directors weighed the pros and cons and there was a consensus that perhaps the industry lacked unity and confusion about whether it was an “industry” at all. Also Read – No Entry 2 POSTPONED? Salman Khan opts out of sequel; up to the throat of legal complications [Read Report]

BollywoodLife asked the esteemed panel, “Does the Bollywood mafia exist and is it the reason for the lack of unity or the reason why it ceases to be an ‘industry’.

Anees Bazmee, who has been in the industry for several decades and has seen the changes before and after corporatisation, said, “The film industry is a place of heart and emotions. There have been times when manufacturers have given us checks and they have stayed in our drawers. And no one cared, they continued to work together again. Giving up such a huge amount of money only happens here as there is emotion involved.

The director, who gave us one of the biggest blockbusters with Karthik Aryan in post-pandemic times, also said, “There is no mafia. But yes, there are all kinds of people everywhere and some people are shouting from the rooftops, but that’s not how this place works.

The other directors agreed. Komal Nahta, senior film critic and trade analyst, who moderated the session, opined, “There is a complete controversy that is being created especially after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, which makes the industry sound like a very dangerous place to work. But filmein dil se banti hai, dimaag se paisa aata hai. The mafia does not exist and it is sad to see people in the industry telling such lies and slandering their own fraternity.

Film buffs will quickly recall the ‘industry insiders’, prominent names and faces involved in exposing the Bollywood mafia. We wonder what they will say about it now.

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