Recently, AR Rahman spoke about a gang in Bollywood spreading stories about him and this resulting in fewer movies for him. Soon enough, director Shekhar Kapur reacted, saying, “You know what your problem is @arrahman? You went and got #Oscars . An Oscar is the kiss of death in Bollywood. It proves you have more talent than Bollywood can handle ..” (sic)
Sound designer Resul Pookutty also spoke of his experience and said: Dear @shekharkapur ask me about it, I had gone through near breakdown as nobody was giving me work in Hindi films and regional cinema held me tight after I won the Oscar... There were production houses told me at my face ”we don’t need you” but still I love my industry,for it.… (sic)
This really seems sad and we hope talent gets its due without any need for politics of any kind.