India, Aug. 15 -- Actor Kitu Gidwani, known for her roles in films like Fashion (2008), Student of the Year (2012) and Ghost Stories (2020), and TV shows like Shaktimaan and Swabhimaan, has called out the industry's shortcomings, drawing comparisons with the systems in place in Hollywood. "Bollywood is not a real industry; it's a cottage industry. It's a fake industry; it goes by its own vague rules. There is nothing like Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild in India. I should have been able to work for 10 years and then live off my royalties for the next ten years, not slog for 40 years," she told Screen. In Hollywood, actors are represented by unions such as SAG-AFTRA, while writers and directors have the WGA and DGA, respectively. Gidwani further criticised the lack of "Intellectual property rights and creative rights", saying they are "zero in India": "You don't have rights over your work. The producer gives you and the director a one-time fee, and then he can do what he wants with the property. It's not like that anywhere in the world." She also called out the lack of roles for older women. "My grouse against the industry is that older women are not getting powerful roles. We don't want to play the generic mother or maasi. We want to play good, enduring roles with sex, love, power, comedy, and action. In daily soaps, once a woman hits 30, she becomes a daadi. She has no signs of ageing on her face, but she gets such roles. This industry is very bizarre," Gidwani said.htc...