There’s lack of unity in film fraternity: Farhan

Mumbai,“Unfortunately, we also have to blame ourselves. We should not just be pointing fingers,” said Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar while addressing the controversy surrounding Padmavati and retraction of two regional movies from IFFI.
Apart from Marathi film Nude and Malayalam movie S Durga being dropped by the centre from the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum-opus has still been facing protests from certain sections.
The 43-year-old, while speaking on the sidelines of a book launch event, addressed these issues and stressed upon the lack of unity in the film fraternity. “Everyone gets scared when it’s there film on the line. It is a small industry… There are not that many people. If they don’t come together to create an environment where they themselves can function in, the way they want to, nobody else is going to do it for them,” he said.
The Dil Dhadakne Do star further said that audiences should not be treated as children.
“This is not just about those two films or just about ‘Padmavati’. This has happened in the past with many films. I am totally against anything being banned. I genuinely believe we should stop treating our audiences as children.”