Vivek Agnihotri shares Bollywood's ‘inside story’, how actors get addicted to drugs and look for 'funny money'

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has penned an inside story about how aspiring actors struggle in Bollywood, some quit, and those who don't fall prey to drugs, etc. He said they get lost in the race for validation.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has shared an 'inside story' about Bollywood. He said it's not just a hub of talent but also a ‘cemetery’ of talent. He talked about how those who don't acquire the expected level of success get entangled in the vicious circle of showbiz without any income and power but are forced to fake it.

Vivek Agnihotri has shared an inside story about Bollywood. 

The Kashmir Files director wrote, “What you see is not Bollywood. Real Bollywood is found in its dark alleys. Its underbelly is so dark that it’s impossible for a common man to fathom. In these dark alleys, you can find shattered dreams, trampled dreams, buried dreams. If Bollywood is a museum of talent, then it’s also a cemetery of talent. It's not about rejection. Anyone who comes here, knows that rejection is part of the deal. It's the humiliation and exploitation which shatters tender dreams, hopes and belief in any kind of humanity. One can survive without food but to live without respect, self-worth and hope is impossible. No middle-class youngster grows up ever imagining to be in that situation."

Vivek Agnihotri shared an inside story on Twitter. 

He said this “hollow race of validation” brings them back to where they started from - “the dark hole, which keeps getting deeper and deeper with each race.” He added, "You show off, nobody sees. You scream, no one hears. You cry, no one cares. All you find is surrounded by people laughing at you. You bury your dreams. Quietly. But then you find people dancing on the grave of your dreams. Your failure becomes their celebration. You are a dead man walking. Irony is nobody can see you are dead except for you. One day, you literally die. And then the world sees you."