Prakash Raj says that “half of Bollywood is sold and the other half is afraid” to express themselves against the government: “History will not forget those which were silent” | Bollywood News

Actor Prakash Raj has never moved away from sharing his political opinions And has often expressed his criticisms against ruling party policies. In a recent interaction, the actor Duo spoke frankly about his colleagues in the film industry in Hindi who avoid talking about political questions in public. He admitted that even if many are afraid, “half of them are sold” and refuse to express themselves against the government.
Addressing the lallantop on the subject, Prakash Stressed that if the government can use its power to remove dissent, filmmakers must be ready to create stimulating cinema and fight for its release. He said: “All powerful government will stop discussions. Secondly, this should also be in artists. They should also be aware of the type of films they make, they would be ready to fight to publish the film. This resilience is necessary.”
Not disturbing his words with regard to his peers, he added: “Half of them are sold, my own colleagues, and half of them are afraid because they do not have the strength. I have a very close friend who said to me: “ prakash aap mein dum hai, aap bol sete hai, mein nahi bol pata (you have the strength, you can speak, I cannot). “I told him that I understand, but I cannot excuse him because in the future, when history would be written, it will forgive those who committed crimes but not those who were silent. »»
It is not as if Prakash was not affected despite his frank political position. In the same interaction, he shared that he obtained less work in the film industry in Hindi because of his vocal beliefs. He said: “They are just worried that if they work with us in a film, they don't get what they expect. So that is an integral part. This environment is like that. It makes me stronger to say that it is not fair, so we will have to fight, we will have to raise our voice.” When asked if the actors lost the possibility of expressing themselves, he replied: “It is not that you will not get a job, you do it and you will, but not as much.”
On a professional level, Prakash was last seen in the recent version of Suriya Retro. He also has films like Jana Nayagan from Vijay and Pawan Kalyan, they call him Og in the pipeline.