'One Day, You Literally Die', Vivek Agnihotri Shares How Bollywood Actors Get Addicted To Drugs

A lot of people have said that the industry that shines on the outside with all the glitz and glamour is quite dark and gloomy from the inside. There's a lot that happens that most people don't talk about. The dirty secrets lie hidden beneath the shining world of Bollywood.

The harsh truth about the industry is that there are a lot of drug tales - from Sanjay Dutt to Ranbir Kapoor, celebrities have opened up about the same in the past. But what leads them to this?

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Vivek Agnihotri shares how Bollywood is full of humiliation and exploitation and how little success leads to drug addiction.

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"What you see is not Bollywood. Real Bollywood is found in its dark alleys. Its underbelly is so dark that it¡¯s impossible for a common man to fathom. In these dark alleys, you can find shattered dreams, trampled dreams, buried dreams. If Bollywood is a museum of talent, then it¡¯s also a cemetery of talent. It's not about rejection. Anyone who comes here, knows that rejection is part of the deal. It's the humiliation and exploitation which shatters tender dreams, hopes and belief in any kind of humanity. One can survive without food but to live without respect, self-worth and hope is impossible. No middle-class youngster grows up ever imagining to be in that situation."

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Sharing an "inside story", The Kashmir Files director furthermore shares, "It hits so hard that instead of putting up a fight, one gives up. Lucky are those who go back home. Who stay on, break apart. Those who find some success but not the real one, get into drugs, alcohol and all kind of life-damaging stuff. Now they need money. So, they get introduced to all kinds of funny money. Some success is the most dangerous one. You are in showbiz without any income & power. You have to look like a star, party like a star, PR like a star but you aren't a star. Imagine yourself in a gangsta ghetto where you have to behave like a gangster without a gun or knife. This is where you are open to humiliation & exploitation. Instagram is not free. It demands money to shoot, look good, sound busy."

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¡ª Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) August 21, 2022

He says in the race of validation, actors fall in the dark hole that keeps getting bigger and deeper.

Thank you for bringing this to light. Hope it saves many from getting sucked into this black hole. More power to you for bringing awareness towards making a change. You do your freedom fighter parents proud with your courage n integrity https://t.co/1crSQyxOT5

¡ª Nety Sahai?? (@NetySahai) August 21, 2022

"You show off, nobody sees. You scream, no one hears. You cry, no one cares. All you find is surrounded by people laughing at you. You bury your dreams. Quietly. But then you find people dancing on the grave of your dreams. Your failure becomes their celebration. You are a dead man walking. Irony is nobody can see you are dead except for you. One day, you literally die. And then the world sees you."

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