As the Indian film industry comes under a lot of fire for being a bad place for actors, actor Aditi Rao Hydari called the vilifying accusations about Bollywood quite painful to deal with. She said, “I feel sad that my people are in the line of fire, and they are in the line of fire so often. I feel like somewhere it is sad and it is unfair. At the end of the day, we are an industry and like any other every industry has its flaws, but we all try and rise above the flaws, and we all try and do right by it and to each other.”
She added, “I wish it did not happen the way it is right now. The film industry has very often been a soft target and it is like damned if you do something, damned, if you don't. That tends to happen most of the time.” Hydari said the place might not be as bad as it is being currently projected. She said, “There are things that I wish would change, there are things that we need to step up and look into. There are things we need to sort out. And we will do it but that does not mean that people have to accuse and vilify, that is very unfortunate.”
Hydari admitted to feeling the heat of the situation at hand. “Nobody can be unaffected by what's going on. I am a very positive person, I really believe that it is cynical and sometimes a lot of really horrible things happen and they sort it out. But I am sure it is very difficult for people who are in the thick of it and going through, how do you convince yourself that it is going to be okay? It is tough. But I feel we are all in this together, the sense of loyalty to my community but this too shall pass.”
