Reacting to Nationalist Congress Occasion chief Sharad Pawar’s remark that minorities should not getting their due share regardless of important contributions, director Vivek Agnihotri on Sunday stated his doubts are actually all cleared. In a tweet, he wrote that when he got here to Mumbai, Sharad Pawar was the king and his celebration used to gather ‘taxes’ in return for which they have been allowed to create their very own ‘kingdoms’.
“After I got here to Mumbai, SP ji was the king. Like every king, his celebration collected taxes (sic). Many Bollywoodiyas contributed generously. In return they have been allowed to create personal kingdoms. I all the time puzzled who have been these folks,” Vivek Agnihotri wrote.
Addressing an occasion titled ‘Points Earlier than Indian Muslims’ organised by the Vidarbha Muslim Intellectuals Discussion board at Nagpur, Sharad Pawar on Saturday stated the most important contribution to Bollywood has come from the Muslim neighborhood and nobody can ignore that. With out naming any star, Sharad Pawar stated the Muslim minorities have contributed essentially the most in taking Bollywood to the highest. “At this time, in all of the fields, whether or not it’s artwork, whether or not it’s writing, or whether or not it’s poetry, the very best contribution has come from the Minorities and has come within the Urdu language,” Pawar stated. Whether or not it’s artwork or writing or poetry, the very best contribution got here from minorities and has come within the Urdu language.
Vivek Agnihotri has been vocal in opposition to the ‘kingdoms’ in Bollywood and not too long ago commented that so long as Bollywood has ‘kings, Badshahs and Sultans, it’ll preserve sinking’. “Make it folks’s business with folks’s tales, it’ll lead the worldwide movie business,” the Kashmir Information director stated.
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