If one feels Bollywood is an unfair place, Emraan Hashmi looks at it as a “perspective” and not a fact. The actor, who has been in the industry for over two decades, said Bollywood requires one to have “resilience” and the ability to take it all in to climb the ladder.
The actor was speaking at the trailer launch of his latest show Showtime— which aims to shedlight on the workings of the film industry in a fun, slightly over the top manner.
At the press conference, when Emraan was asked how does one not get lost in the industry, the actor said, “When people say that Bollywood is a very bad place or it is an unfair place, I think it is a perspective of a person who is working here. If you have resilience, can roll with the punches, I don’t think it is an unfair place.
“But if you don’t have that, if you are not willing to put in the hard work, (ready for) hardships and heartaches… Everyone works hard, so there is a factor of environment, luck. You have to be able to take it on the chin. It is a very fair place, you just have to roll with punches,” he added.
Showtime is created and written by Sumit Roy with Mihir Desai attached as a showrunner. The series is directed by Mihir Desai and Archit Kumar. The show also stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Mouni Roy, Naseeruddin Shah, Mahima Makwana and Shriya Saran in key roles.
Emraan said the show will take viewers in the world of Bollywood from the perspective of a studio system, the producers chair and introduce them to “wonderful, crazy delusional characters, these creative geniuses.”
“The show is about Bollywood, there are a lot of things in it we have dabbled with following the main story. It is about star egos, what is it to be a woman in this industry, how a film is made, what are the conversations that happen in a producer’s office when a film is being made. It unmasks those vulnerabilities.
“There is this external shame that our industry has, this superficiality from the outside that the show unmasks. What is it to be a star on the Friday morning when a film is releasing? It gives an in-depth insight into the world of Bollywood– that is beautiful, chaotic, entertaining,” he added.
The show will stream on Disney Plus Hotstar from March 8. It is produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment.
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