MUMBAI: Superstar Akshay Kumar on Saturday made an heartfelt appeal to fans as well as the media to not paint every film personality with the same brush, addressing the coverage of drug probe in relation with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
In an almost four-minutes-long video, the 53-year-old actor said that drug issue exists in Bollywood, like any other industry, but one shouldn’t assume that every person in the profession is part of the problem.
“Today, I’m talking to you with a heavy heart. I want to say so many things in the past few weeks but there is so much negativity everywhere.
“We may be called stars, but Bollywood has been created because of your love. We are not just an industry, but through our films we have showcased Indian values and culture throughout the world,” Akshay said.
The actor added that cinema has always been a reflection of the society, raising pertinent issues like “corruption, poverty or unemployment”, and will continue to do so.
The actor said he won’t deny that there are some in the industry who may be doing illegal things, but most of the people will cooperate with the investigation.
“I’ll be a liar if I say that this problem does not exist in our industry. It exists, just like every industry. But every person in every profession is not involved in such problems. This is impossible.
“Drugs is a legal matter and I’m totally confident that our law enforcement authorities and courts will conduct a fair investigation into this issue. I know this for a fact that every person from the film industry will cooperate with them in this investigation. It is my request, don’t don’t look at the whole industry with same lens. This is not right,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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