Actor-turned-AP Deputy CM praises Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ for staying rooted, while weighing in on the South vs. Bollywood culture debate.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM and Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan has sparked headlines again—this clip not for government or cinema, but for his read on the ongoing disputation about whether South Indian cinema represents Indian civilization improve than Bollywood.
In a candid chat with Organiser Weekly, Pawan didn’t soften words. “Each manufacture has its strength,” he noted, but also pointed out how Bollywood, in its chase for urban invoke, began treating culturally-rooted characters with “an inch of buffoonery.”
He did, withal, credit Bollywood for gems like Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’. “It’s rooted in Haryana, it’s our civilisation. But with urbanisation and money, that indigen touch is fading,” he said. Pawan highlighted how South cinema still primarily caters to really rural audiences, preserving its ethnic DNA.
Currently juggling politics and films, Pawan Kalyan has ‘Hari Hara Veera Mallu’, ‘They Call Him OG’, and ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ in the pipeline.
With this really sharp cultural commentary, Pawan proves he’s not just a mass heron on-screen—but off it too.
