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Shabana Azmi Reveals Why Bollywood Can Never Do A Meryl Streep!
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi reveals why Bollywood stars can never speak out against a political leader the way Meryl Streep did at the Golden Globes Awards.
The President-elect Donald Trump was mocked on stage by Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes Awards and Hollywood and Bollywood alike have shown their support to the actress and praised her for being bold. She was upset with the fact that Donald Trump made fun of a disabled reporter during his election campaign and Trump has denied the allegations despite clearly being caught on camera doing so.
Veteran
actress
Shabana
Azmi
revealed
that
Bollywood
can
never
stand
up
to
a
political
leader
like
the
way
Meryl
Streep
did
against
Donald
Trump
for
the
fear
of
backlash!
The
mockery
an
actor
receives
for
taking
a
stand
against
a
political
leader
is
unbearable
and
an
artists
career
can
come
to
a
screeching
halt.
She
said,
"After Meryl spoke out she got the wholehearted support of the entire Hollywood fraternity. In India no one will speak up in support of a celebrity's political stand for the fear of a backlash. There is no chance that Meryl Streep's films will be boycotted (In America) or theatres burned down when her next film is released because freedom of expression is respected there. Here we all know what happens."
Shabana Azmi also revealed the backlash she faced for her films. She said, "A pact was made between the government and 12 producers that I would be restrained from speaking on the Babri Masjid issue. My film Dharavi was pulled off the theatres, screens showing Fire were vandalised. Nandita Das and I were removed from Water after we had shaved off our heads."
