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Indian nationalists demand foreign dancers be banned from Bollywood
Published: 05 April, 2010, 10:36
Edited: 12 May, 2010, 08:08
An anti-immigrant political party in India has turned its anger on white actresses working in Bollywood because, as the activists say, local dancers and actresses are losing jobs.
Let us be fair here! There is a great demand for Indians to work in the BPO and restaurant sectors in Europe and the US but there is a cap on the number of work Visas issued each by these countries. If an Indian works in the US, Europe or Russia on a 'Tourist Visa' without a proper work permit and local residents of that country blew the whistle and called in the immigration authorities would RT make out a story in their favour and say "US / European / Russian nationalists ban Indian restaurant workers form serving Tandoori?" Whether it is right or wrong to have such immigration policies in place in any country is debatable but a global reality. However, immigration rules must be followed in every country. RT does not even mention the number of people caught on tourist Visas in the last year working illegally - giving the impression there were none. The MNS guy and the immigration authorities should have been asked that question.
I am quite supportive of the stand taken by MNS on this ban. We have a huge talent pool of good looking actors and actresses right here in Mumbai..I'm sure if you go searching, you'll get thousands of such people within our country who are extremely talented but never get their big break. In a country with a 100Cr+ population, why are we still looking for some white skinned damsels to add that glam quotient to our bollywood movies? Are we stating here that we Indians are not capable of giving that international look and feel to our movies?? I don't understand what globalization Mr Bhatt is talking about...I believe that man has a talent for uttering rubbish at the onset of any given opportunity. Grow up Mr Bhatt...White Skinned People don't add glam quotient to any movies...In fact it looks extremely stupid when we see a La' Salman or an Akshay getting jiggy wiggy with some skinny white chicks in the background... Its time that we started looking at creating opportunities for our own people rather than having some foreigners stealing their bread and butter..It may be fun for these foreigners but for someone in India, it may be their only means of a square meal...
These MNS guys are after money & trying to be 'famous' as their political party lacks support from locals. Few goons are with them . These guys are actually gundas. They are creating issues and common people suffers. As India is having the biggest so called 'democracy' , law is not correctly implemented. In the film industry they are creating issues to take money out from the producers. We can see next week all issues they will solve this issue (after taking some money from producers).