Bhumi Pednekar responds to Ratna Pathak Shah’s comment on stars’ ‘entourage business’: ‘Everybody’s views are respected but…’

Bhumi Pednekar responded to Ratna Pathak Shah’s comment on star’s becoming hugely dependent on their entourage, and mentioned that it is up to the actor to determine how grounded they want to be.

Bhumi Pednekar responded to Ratna Pathak Shah’s comment on stars traveling with their entourage and staying in vanity vans. (Photo: Bhumi Pednekar/Instagram, Film Comapnion/YouTube)Listen to this post
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Veteran actor Ratna Pathak Shah lately referred to as out stars with entourages and compared them to 3-month-old babies who “can’t even hold their coffee cups”. Ratna, in a chat with Film Companion, had shared that she has observed careers of many “good actors” get “adversely impacted by this entourage business”. Bhumi Pednekar, who is presently advertising her film Bheed with Rajkummar Rao, was asked by the exact same publication how entourages and vanity vans influence their craft and the actor mentioned that it is up to an person as to how “grounded” they want to be.

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Bhumi mentioned that this is not just about a vanity van, and added, “I believe that is far more about how disconnected you are from the planet outdoors. I could be sitting on a chair in the middle of my set and nonetheless not speak to anyone, or I could be in my van which I use to get prepared. Everybody’s views are respected but I really feel that with each generation… It is up to us how we want to keep connected with our craft, how we want to keep grounded.”

Bhumi Pednekar acknowledged the privilege of vanity vans that has been bestowed upon her generation and mentioned that she feels “very fortunate that we have that sort of a space that possibly quite a few folks in earlier generations didn’t get” and referred to as her van her “secure space”. Bhumi added that “it is about developing a democratic atmosphere about you, that is what keeps you grounded.”

Rajkummar Rao mentioned that he nonetheless likes to consume roadside meals and shared, “I do not want to cease living my life just due to the fact I am an actor.”

Ratna Pathak Shah had previously mentioned that traveling with an entourage tends to make 1 “even far more self-focused and self-absorbed”. She shared an anecdote exactly where she saw an actor handing more than their coffee cup to their assistant immediately after each sip. “I have observed actors on planes who will not even ask for a cup of coffee. The coffee is brought by an assistant, assistant opens the cup, actor requires sip, hands it back to assistant. What are you? A three-month-old youngster? That you can not even hold a cup? This level of dependence?”

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