Nikhil Dwivedi: "If SRK, Salman, Aamir are humble, young stars can't act up"

Actorproducer Nikhil Dwivedi has never shied away from calling a spade a spadeIn a candid conversation with IANS the producer shared his thoughts on the attitude of some younger actors in the industry pointing out how unnecessary starry tantrums seem lame when Bollywoods biggest legends remain groundedldquoWhen I see a lot of young artists I am like here are actors like Shah Rukh Khan Salman Khan Aamir Khan Amitabh Bachchan or Hrithik Roshan who are just so easygoing There can be no reason for anyone younger from the industry to be difficult on sets because these people are not despite being such humongous starsrdquo Nikhil remarkedNikhil who has produced Dabangg 3 starring Salman Khan shared an anecdote from his time filming with the superstar in Rajasthan The producer said ldquoSalman is so fussfree like give him any vehicle and he will never even look at the model of the vehicle that has been given and is absolutely okay with whatever we provide There has never been any difficulty with him at allrdquo The producer is also riding high on the success of his latest project Bandar which premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival TIFFThe screening was met with thunderous applause leaving the entire team elated ldquoIt was our first time at least for me as a producer to have my film at such a platform The response was overwhelming That thunderous applause as soon as the end titles rolledmdashitrsquos that very moment for which you decide to make filmsrdquo Nikhil recalledDirected by Anurag Kashyap and written by Sudeep Sharma and Abhishek Banerjee ldquoBandarrdquo stars Bobby Deol in the lead role The film has been labelled as controversial by some but Nikhil dismissing the tag said ldquoI donrsquot think itrsquos controversial It provokes you it triggers thought and it sparks debate and thatrsquos what art and cinema are meant to dordquoFor Nikhil the journey of Bandar from its conception to its global recognition is both a professional milestone and a reaffirmation of his belief that films must challenge audiences as much as they entertainThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever