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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah describe the term Bollywood derogatory04th July 2007 09.00 IST By Agencies India's two versatile actors Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah have vehemently protested use of the term 'Bollywood' to describe the Indian film industry, saying it was perceived to be "derogatory" and "humiliating". Both the award-winning actors, who would turn 57 this year, were speaking at a function 'Life and Times in Indian Cinema' at the Nehru Centre in London organised by the UK-based film organisation India-EU Film Initiative, to honour them.
Lord Meghnad Desai, renowned economist and film buff, honoured Shah and Puri with Roman Atticus trophies. Jagmohan Mundhra , noted film director, presided over the function which was a packed gathering. Attacking the western media for calling them 'Bollywood actors' they said Indian film industry was not happy with the term Bollywood as it was perceived to be derogatory and humiliating. They said they hate to be called Bollywood actors. They also urged the film community to take notice of the issue. "The term Bollywood was used to mock us by the western press. And it's just an indication of our own idiocy that we still use it," said Naseeruddin Shah, a winner of several national and international awards. Om Puri, who received an Order of British Empire(OBE) for his acting talent from the British Queen, said "Bollywood, whenever western people refer to it, they mean Hindi films, they say 'Oh those song and dance films'. So it is a derogatory term. These terms are created by media." Related Om Puri Naseeruddin Shah Jagmohan Mundhra | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ~ Shilpa Shetty wants Akshay Kumar for her film ~ Shahid Kapur's dancing skills to be put to test ~ Amitabh Bachchan prefers being guided than to lead ~ 'Singh Is Kinng' garners ample publicity ~ Bachna Ae Haseeno : Movie Preview / Slideshow ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ~ Disney to launch 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD in US ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Singh Is Kinng , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Mission Istanbul MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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