'So many people come on set, do nothing, and make money'
India, March 14 -- Veteran filmmaker Priyadarshan has weighed in on the ongoing debate of large entourages, saying that this is "the only thing I hate about Bollywood".
"I only get exhausted seeing the people around actors. On a floor, if I am working with three actors, I will see thirty people who are doing nothing and just standing around. I cannot see my visuals through the camera. They are blocking my view. I have never seen this in any other place than Bollywood," he told The Hollywood Reporter India.
Priyadarshan, 69, who has a career spanning four decades and 100 films across languages under his belt, added, "So many people come onto the set, and they do nothing and make money. This is exhausting me. I hate it."
The debate around high entourages began last year after actor John Abraham said that "it is already hurting Hindi cinema". "At this point in time, we shouldn't be paying people to act in films because we don't justify those huge budgets, the huge fees that we get paid. We can't load a film with entourage costs as well. It's ridiculous. I don't know if actors are thinking this way or is it their agent making them think differently," he had said.
Several Bollywood personalities including Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Aamir Khan, Piyush Mishra, Harshvardhan Rane, and Aahaana S Kumra, also called it unfair for actors bringing large entourages and charging producers and organisers for their 'upkeep'. htc...
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