Jackie Shroff, take a hike!

Just when you think that Bollywood’s moving in a positive direction and is making steady leaps to what is unquestionably good cinema, you get a stray comment from an industry has-been who wants nothing more than five minutes of fame.

This time it is Jackie Shroff hankering for media attention with his off the cuff remarks about Bollywood not being too Indian anymore, that fall just short of being positively useless.

So Jaggu Bhai, we agree, Bollywood is not Indian enough… What will you have us do then? Watch the glycerin soaked remakes of the Suraj Barjatyasque ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain‘? Or the phenomenally boring ‘Mohabbatein‘…? Or maybe you would like us to endure the saas-bahu sagas of Ms. Ekta Kapoor on 70 mm…

Sure Mr. Shroff, all we like to do is to humor someone who’s been gone from the Industry so long that it takes us at least several minutes to recognize him. Yes Jaggu Bhai, I’m talking about you. Please take a hike. Enjoy your life with the money you made by selling off your stake in Sony. No one cares to know what you think about Bollywood anymore.