Abhay
Deol
Slams
The
Lobby
Culture
In
Bollywood
The
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
leading
daily,
"Lobby
culture
has
been
prevalent
in
our
industry
not
for
years,
but
decades.
Hence,
no
one
thinks
about
standing
up,
or
bothering
to
do
anything.
They
are
all
ready
to
conform,
which
is
why
they
know
that
they
can
get
away
with
it.
The
reason
I
can
say
this,
is
because
I
grew
up
in
a
film
family
and
I've
heard
of
these
games
even
as
a
child.
As
a
kid,
I
heard
it
through
other
people's
experiences,
and
as
a
professional,
I
have
seen
it
myself."
Abhay
Deol
Admits
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
Death
Shook
Him
Up
And
Pushed
Him
To
Talk
About
The
Pressing
Issues
In
The
Film
Industry
Saying
that
he
could
relate
to
the
late
actor's
career,
Abhay
told
Hindustan
Times,
"Sushant's
death
definitely
sort
of
pushed
me
to
speak
up
a
little
bit.
But,
this
isn't
my
first
time
speaking
up.
In
the
past,
I've
taken
on
the
biggest.
I'm
sorry
it
took
someone's
death
to
wake
everybody
up.
But
I'm
glad
that
people
have
taken
note
and
they
want
to
be
heard.
They're
asking
for
a
change
not
just
from
the
outside
of
the
industry
but
even
from
the
inside.
What's
good
today
is
that
actors
are
speaking
out.
I
had
become
quiet
because
I
didn't
want
to
be
the
only
one
screaming.
No
man
is
an
island,
after
all.
And,
without
support,
I
alone
couldn't
have
brought
about
the
change
we
need.
So,
I
decided
to
speak
up
once
again."
Abhay
Deol
Says
He
Had
Put
His
Career
On
The
Line
From
Day
One
"I
focus
on
my
privileges,
I
have
many.
I
have
a
family,
great
set
of
friends,
I
have
work,
I
am
acting,
I
am
producing,
I
am
working
in
two
countries
(India
and
Los
Angeles)
currently.
I
found
my
path.
I
never
played
the
game,
so,
I
now
find
myself
playing
outside
of
it," he
told
the
tabloid.
Abhay
Deol
Says
The
Biases
And
Wrong
Practices
In
The
Film
Industry
Can
Have
A
Huge
Impact
On
Mental
Health
Speaking
about
Bollywood,
he
said,
"It's
an
extremely
competitive
space.
People
are
highly
insecure
and
you'll
often
hear
them
say,
‘your
failure
is
my
success'."
He
further
continued,
"People
planting
false
stories
about
you,
paid-for
reviews
being
deliberately
negative,
people
gaslighting
you
within
the
industry
to
sabotage
you,
people
robbing
you
of
a
nomination
or
a
win
at
an
award
show
-
these
are
some
of
the
ways
in
which
you
make
another
person's
failure
your
success.
Now,
imagine
a
person
with
a
mental
illness
being
thrown
in
this
toxic
environment.
For
sure,
it
would
take
a
toll.
They
are,
after
all,
more
vulnerable."
Abhay
Deol
Says
He
Wasn't
Surprised
When
He
And
Farhan
Akhtar
Were
Demoted
From
Main
Leads
To
Supporting
Actors
"It
was
more
of
a
disappointment.
By
the
time
ZNMD
came
out,
I
was
trying
to
be
less
idealistic,
and
more
of
a
realist.
Very
rarely
I
had
gone
to
these
award
functions
from
the
beginning
of
my
career.
I
was
coming
around
to
see
the
industry's
point
of
view
and
suddenly,
this
was
a
hard
reminder
of
the
systemic
corruption
that
exists
in
the
industry.
Positioning
was
based
on
market
value
of
the
artiste
not
on
the
structure
of
the
plot
of
the
movie.
And
the
shocking
thing
is
that
it
was
all
accepted
because
that's
the
way
the
industry
functions,"
he
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Hindustan
Times.
Abhay
Deol
Exposes
The
Shocking
Truth
About
Award
Shows
The
actor
revealed
that
once
he
was
asked
to
come
for
an
award
show
with
an
assurance
that
he'd
get
one.
Another
time
when
he
told
a
media
channel
that
he
won't
be
able
to
make
to
their
award
show,
and
can
send
a
recording
instead,
he
was
told
they'll
give
the
award
to
somebody
else
in
that
case.
"It's
true,
it's
not
the
first
time
I've
called
out
the
practices
within
the
award
functions.
And
it's
not
even
the
first
time
I've
been
asked
about
my
absence
from
these
functions.
It's
funny,
even
though
I'm
an
insider,
I'm
pretty
much
an
outsider,"
Abhay
Deol
told
the
tabloid.
Abhay
Deol
Says
Award
Shows
Are
More
Of
A
PR
Exercise
For
The
Filmmakers
The
actor
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
blame
my
family;
they
too
called
out
the
corrupt
practices
of
these
functions.
I
do
believe
these
shows
are
more
of
a
PR
exercise
for
the
filmmakers,
and
a
TRP
exercise
for
the
platform.
I
do
enjoy
seeing
talent
get
awarded
that
does
happen
from
time
to
time."