Bollywood director Anubhav Sinha has tweeted that he has had enough and is ‘resigning’ from Bollywood.
The Thappad director wrote: “ENOUGH!!! I hereby resign from Bollywood. Whatever the f*** that means.”
ENOUGH!!!
— Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood) (@anubhavsinha) July 21, 2020
I hereby resign from Bollywood.
Whatever the fuck that means.
Filmmaker Sudhir Misra also responded to Sinha, elborating what Bollywood means to him. He tweeted: “What’s Bollywood?I came 2be partof Cinema inspired by Satyajit Ray ,Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt,Ritwick Ghatak, Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee,KAsif,Vijay Anand ,Javed Akhtar,Tapan Sinha, Gulzar ,Shekhar Kapur,Ketan Mehta , Bharatan n Aravindan etc.Thatswhere I’ll always be.”
चलो दो लोग BOLLYWOOD से बाहर। अपन हिंदी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री में रह के फ़िल्में बनाएँगे।
— Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood) (@anubhavsinha) July 21, 2020
यह ले अपनी लकुटी कम्बरिया, बहुतही नाच नचायो। https://t.co/gimZWCIKgK
Hansal Mehta also responded with a similar tweet, sharing the list of films that have inspired him.
I came here because of Arth, Saraansh,
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) July 21, 2020
Bhavni Bhavai, Mirch Masala, Aakrosh, Ardh Satya, Manthan, Kalyug, Do Bigha Zameen, Madhumati, Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai, Deewar, Trishul, Kabhi Kabhi, Gaman, Ijaazat, Junoon, Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin, Dharavi and so many more... https://t.co/dvzhnBzkKV
Sinha, an outspoken personality, is known for his socially relevant films like Thappad, Article 15 and Mulk. Sinha also changed his Twitter name, which now reads: Anubhav Sinha (Not Bollywood).
After the sudden demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, tempers have been flaring on social media, and actors and filmmakers have been debating on nepotism and other issues in Bollywood.
After Sinha’s tweet, users have been asking him to keep making powerful films, as he always has.
