Sunny Deol reacts on male actors shaving body hair; says young actors think they’ve become stars with six-pack abs: ‘We are here to act…’

Sunny Deol also said that Hindi cinema has stopped making original films and added that they have started picking films from everywhere else.

Sunny Deol will next be seen in Gadar 2.

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Bollywood star Sunny Deol has opened up about the changes in the film industry, mentioning that new talents are now more focused on building bodies rather than acting. He also shared that he feels uncomfortable about the trend of actors shaving their bodies.

In an interview with Aaj Tak, Sunny Said, “Mujhe toh badi sharam aati hai jab shave karlete hai apne baal, ladki ban gaya (I feel very shy when they shave their hair, they look like girls).” The Gadar 2 actor admitted he was never keen on getting six-pack abs. He added, “I don’t understand all these things. We are actors, not bodybuilders. We are here to act, not to do bodybuilding. But because of that, we are getting talents with the mindset, ‘I have built a body, I can now become an actor, I am a dancer, I can be an actor.’”

Sunny also pointed out that Bollywood has stopped creating original stories. He said, “Makers also are producing things like that and the stories are also like that. The audience is lapping it up like fast food. That’s why Hindi cinema has gone towards what I would call ‘Bollywood’. We have started picking up films from everywhere else rather than creating our own films .”

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Sunny’s son Karan Deol, who made his Bollywood debut with the 2019 film Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, often shares pictures and videos of himself from his workout sessions. Sunny, as reported by Mid-Day, had earlier said, “None of my kids want to learn martial arts, build six-pack abs or learn a certain kind of dancing. These are tools for an actor, but they aren’t a necessity. Karan wants to be an actor first, he wants to attain stardom by delivering successful films.”

The actor’s youngest son Rajveer Deol is all set to make his Bollywood debut with the film Dono. Meanwhile, Sunny is awaiting the release of Gadar 2 which will hit the theatres on August 11.

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