Himani Shivpuri has watched the Indian film industry change with time thanks to her working experience with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and others. This is unlike what actors in the past experienced where they faced challenges of overdependence on them since many in this generation have a smoother run on shoots and facilities mainly because of their entourages. I had Himan Shivpuri talking about this during my interview with her at Parami News.
EXCLUSIVE: Himani Shivpuri reveals how ‘bigade hue’ ‘actors’ entourage’s budget impact actors like her; says, “Producers are taxed and he takes it on people like us”
Recently there was an interview of Anurag Kashyap that Himani Shivpuri recalls watching.
The host asked Himani Shivpuri during Rapid-Fire round if there is one thing she would like to change about culture in Bollywood right now. At that moment she remembered a recent interview of Anurag Kashyap she bumped into. She said, “Yesterday I was just watching an interview of Anurag Kashyap where he said, ‘A star’s makeup man charges one lakh rupees’. I would like to change that culture. I mean it should be reasonable because this is a bit too unreasonable.”
Himani Shivpuri requests ‘bigade hue’ stars to be more down-to-earth like Hollywood
She continued, “Why can’t we be simple like Hollywood yaar? Itne bade bade stars hain (They are such huge stars). They also don’t have such an entourage, there is this bus type where the food is served like a buffet and sab khud khana khaate hai (everyone eats with everybody else and on their own). Hum toh itne bigde hue hain ki driver gaadi chalata hai magar woh toh khud hi apni gaadi chalata hain (We are so spoilt that our driver drives the car for us but they don’t do that, they drive their own car). That sort of thing should be there. Why should the producer be taxed and he would take it out on people like us! Humare liye budget kam hota hai (Our budgets get slashed because of this).”
