Exclusive! Shilpa Shetty On South Taking Over Bollywood Debate, "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge, Logo Ka Kaam Hai Kehna"

While nowadays it becomes a big deal when a Bollywood actor stars in a South pan-India film, Shilpa Shetty is one actress who had worked in South movies in 90s itself. The actress will next be seen in KD which is a Kannada film, but will be dubbed and released in various languages including Hindi. The movie also stars Dhruva Sarja, V. Ravichandran, Reeshma Nanaiah and Sanjay Dutt.

Filmibeat recently interacted with Shilpa and when we asked her about the debate that was happening on social media about South taking over Bollywood, the actress said, "Kuch toh log kahenge, logo ka kaam hai kehna! I listen from one ear and take it out from another. These are all phases. People are interested only in content, it doesn't matter where it comes from. There have been films that have become cult from Bengali cinema and its different kind of content. It depends on what your target audience is."

"South filmmakers are making massy films and filmmakers in Bollywood are making stuff that is very urban; the men are all looking very metrosexual which is not a bad thing. But, somewhere whole heroism comes from when you are earthy; the whole massiness comes from there. So, I feel people are wanting to see something that's more real and they are feeling associated with the Southern brand of film. But, that doesn't take away from the films that are churned out by Bollywood filmmakers. Bollywood is and will always be very aspirational," Shilpa added.

Shilpa is currently busy garnering praises for her fantastic performance in Indian Police Force. The series, which also stars Sidharth Malhotra and Vivek Oberoi, started streaming on Amazon Prime Video yesterday, and the actress' performance as Tara Shetty has grabbed everyone's attention. She is the first female cop in Rohit Shetty's cop universe and she has nailed it.