With Bollywood, ‘Pappufication’ Has Happened

The
way
most
of
the
Bollywood
films
have
been
tanking
at
the
box
office,
it
is
being
considered
that
Bollywood
is
in
a
bad
phase.
When
actress
Swara
Bhasker
was
probed
about
the
same
during
her
recent
interaction
with
a
media
portal,
she
rather
gave
an
example
of
politician
Rahul
Gandhi
and
said
that
with
Bollywood,
‘pappufication’
has
happened.

While
talking
to
India
Today,
Swara
Bhasker
said,
“I
don’t
know
it’s
kind
of
a
strange
comparison
but
I
am
reminded
of
Rahul
Gandhi.
Everyone
kept
calling
him
pappu,
so
now
everybody
believes
it.
I
have
met
him
and
he
is
a
perfectly
intelligent
and
articulate
man.
With
Bollywood
also,
this
‘pappufication’
has
happened.”

She
also
shared
her
thoughts
about
the
north
vs
south
cinema
debate
and
said
that
everyone
is
blaming
Bollywood
for
people
not
coming
to
the
theatres,
but
she
does
not
feel
that
it
is
true.

While
elaborating
her
point,
she
said,
“The
first
reason
and
this
I
am
quoting
Anurag
[Kashyap],
I
heard
him
say
this
in
an
interview
and
it
made
perfect
sense
to
me.
He
said,
‘the
country
is
going
through
an
economic
slump’
and
film
is
a
leisure
activity
and
no
one
wants
to
spend
money
on
leisure
when
things
otherwise
are
so
costly.”

She
went
on
to
add
that
OTT
has
come
in
and
really
disrupted
the
watching
experience.
She
also
commented
on
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput’s
death
and
said
that
after
his
tragic
demise,
Bollywood
has
been
painted
as
a
really
dark
place,
that
is
only
about
drugs,
alcohol
and
s*x.

“My
question
is
very
simple,
‘if
everyone
is
doing
just
this,
then
who
is
making
films?’ Unfortunately,
Bollywood
is
being
discredited.
There
are
people
who
just
don’t
like
Bollywood,”
asserted
Bhasker.