Mumbai,. The Hindi film industry is the most prosperous film industry in the world, and has helped India gain much soft power. However, there was a period when all was not well. Mafia and underworld once cast a dark shadow on Bollywood.
An old video of Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan has surfaced on social media, in which he is seen talking about his struggle.
“Hindi film industry is the easiest industry. We are the biggest producers of films in the world,” he said in the video.
Shahrukh told that he was asked to do a film. When he asked who the producer was, the reply was, “This is the man we are sending. You talk to him and sign the film.”
“So if you fear for life, you sign it or if you are ready to try your luck, you reject it,” he said.
Shahrukh had refused to do the film.
It is also said in media reports that he had received death threats if he refused.
When asked if he had ever been threatened, he said, “Oh, yes, that has happened on several occasions. I had heavy police protection for three years.”
The Bollywood or Hindi film industry was officially granted industry status in 1998. Sushma Swaraj, who served as the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting under the Atal Bihari Vajpayeeled government, granted “industry status” to film production in 1998, thereby legalizing the film industry and allowing it access to loans from financial institutions. Made worthy of taking.
It eliminated unfair interest rates and dubious sources of money, including builders, jewelers and a variety of businessmen including merchants and the underworld.
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