Saif Ali Khan Calls Out Bollywood’s Hypocrisy, Farhan Akhtar Compares Them To ‘Circus Perfomers’

After the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput, social media was flooded with condolences as well as offers of emotional support for anyone who needed to talk. TV actor Karan Patel slammed these “reach out” posts saying that 90% of it was a pretence.

In an interview with The Times of India, Saif Ali Khan expressed a similar opinion of Bollywood. He was quoted saying,

“Such terrible news about Sushant, such terrible news! It’s just awful. There are so many people who’ve made comments so quickly. And it just seems to me that people are somewhere gaining some mileage from this poor fellow’s tragedy, you know, whether it’s to show compassion or to show interest or to show some political stance. So many people are talking rubbish in this nonstop kind of barrage on social media and it’s just embarrassing, really, I think.”

Speaking of the industry’s duplicity and the fake virtual world he added,

“Out of respect for him, for Sushant’s tragedy, maybe a day of silence or introspection would be a little more becoming than this outpouring of love – an outpouring of love from people who obviously didn’t care about him and people who famously don’t care about anybody else.”

“You know, it’s a very cutthroat line of work. But to pretend that you do care is like the ultimate hypocrisy and I think that’s an insult to the dead, you know, it’s an insult to the soul that’s gone. I think the least we can do is just have some introspection, you know, maybe some silence – not try and come across as, you know, the most politically astute or the kindest or the wisest or something or the other?”

“We live in an age where people write 10 lines for you on Twitter and will walk past you on the street – won’t even touch you or shake your hand. You know, you get wished for your birthday, but people don’t actually call you. There’s no contact.”

Farhan Akhtar penned a poem for the late star by comparing the token tributes to crocodile tears and circus performances.

Take a look:

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Gone too soon.

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Do you agree that much of the sorrow expressed by B-town is just for the benefit of their fans?

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