Bollywood Stars Have Become Unapproachable, Top Designer Calls Them 'Monsters'

Bollywood actors are often targeted. While the discussion regarding their high entourage cost has been going on for a long time now, a top designer has now slammed stars for being very unapproachable. In a recent interview, celebrity designer Sandeep Khosla, one-half of the iconic duo Abu Jani – Sandeep Khosla, claimed that it has become very difficult to approach actors, primarily because of their multiple levels of management.

“In India, it’s a nightmare because you have to go through 25 people — the agency, the stylist, the stylist’s stylist, the third generation, the fifth person, the seventh person to get to an Indian celebrity. Till that time you are like bye-bye, thank you very much,” he told Fashionably Pernia.

When the interviewer added

that stars today travel with a “village,” Sandeep also shared an anecdote about an Indian female actor. He claimed that the actress is so entitled that her behaviour reportedly intimidates air hostesses.

“I was in a friend’s private jet, and the air hostess was telling us wonderful anecdotes about Indian film stars. She said there is a particular heroine, when she boards of flight, we are actually petrified because she doesn’t wish us, she doesn’t look us in the eye, and if we ask her for water, she will not even acknowledge our presence and her secretary or the person she is with will say ‘yes, she will have water’ and then we will serve the water to the secretary, and she/he will serve the water to her. We have created these monsters,” he said.

Bollywood’s Rising Entourage Cost

The designer’s comments come at a time when Bollywood actors are also being slammed for their rising entourage cost. Recently, Karan Johar also expressed concerns regarding actors’ high entourage. The filmmaker explained that it is not a financial issue but an “ethical” one. He expressed that the issue needs attention because actors also need to show some grace now.

“I have an ethical problem with entourages, not a financial one. We set a fixed budget for such needs. But if an actor wants anything beyond that, be it a personal trainer or specific dietary requirements, they should cover the cost themselves. I will pay for it only when it’s essential for the film, like in a sports drama requiring a certain physique,” KJo told Komal Nahta on his YouTube channel Game Changer.