Nawazuddin Siddiqui SLAMS Bollywood, Accuses Industry of Stealing Content From South: 'Chor Kahan Se Creative Ho Sakte Hain'

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui opened up about the current state of Bollywood and slammed the film industry for 'copying' from others. During one of his latest interviews amid the promotions of his film Costao, the actor said that Bollywood is 'insecure' and it is going through a creative lull.

In a conversation with Puja Talwar, Nawazuddin said, "In our industry, the same thing is repeated for five years straight then, when people get bored, they finally let it go. Actually insecurity bahot badh gayi hai. Unko lagta hai ek formula chal raha hai toh usse chala lo, ghiso isko. (Insecurity has increased a lot. They feel that if a formula is working, they should keep milking it, overdo it)."

He added, "Aur usse bhi pathetic yeh ho gaya ki yeh 2, 3, 4 (sequels) hone lag gaya. Kahin na kahin jaise bankruptcy hoti hai, vaise yeh creativeruptcy hogaya. Kangaliyat hai bahot zyada. Shuru se humari industry chor rahi hai. Humne gaane chori kiye, story chori ki (What's even more pathetic is that now there are 2, 3, 4 (sequels) being made. It's creative bankruptcy, just like financial bankruptcy. There's a lot of creative poverty. From the beginning, our industry has been stealing. We've stolen songs, we've stolen stories)."

Further accusing the industry of 'stealing' other work from other industries, he mentioned, "Jo chor hote hain, voh kahan se creative ho sakte hain. Humne south se churaya. Even some cult-films which became hits, unke scenes bhi chori kare hue hain. Isko itna normalise kar diya gaya ki chori hai toh kya hua? (Now, how can thieves be creative? We've stolen from the South, sometimes from here, sometimes from there. Even some cult films that became hits have scenes that were copied. This has been so normalised that it's like — so what if it’s stolen?)."

Nawazuddin stated that because of these things, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap quit Bollywood. The actor has had worked with him in films like Gangs Of Wasseypur, Dev.D, Haddi, and more.