The Indian film industry in the 1990s was nothing less than the Wild West. The underworld had complete control over Bollywood and with every passing year, they kept tightening their grip on the producers, directors and actors who were literally dancing to the tunes of Dawood Ibrahim, Abu Salem and their ilk. was in Late 1990s Filmmakers like Ram Gopal Varma started making films based on the underworld and films like Satya & Co started gaining popularity, but if the best cop of that era is to be believed, these films were also funded by the underworld.
In a conversation with Annie, D Sivanandan, who was joint captain of Mumbai Crime (1998-2001), He said that films like Satya, Company, Daddy, Shootout At Wadala, Shootout At Lokhandwala were made “to raise the image of gangsters. They were all funded and financed only”. Mohanlal’s role in RGV was dependent on D Sivanandhan. He even went on to say that 1970s films, like Deewaar and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, were “financed and financed by them”.
Going back to the 1990s, Sivanandan said that since the underworld was deeply involved in film financing, they had complete control over everything. “Daoud Ibrahim could have summoned all the film actresses to Dubai, given them rewards and brought them back,” he said, recalling that he once saw “one of the top actors” along with 83 other musicians and actors, “who went to Dubai to give an entertainment show to Daoud Ibrahim’s daughter. I saw them go on a special trip and come back.”
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Sivanandan explained that at this time, the actors were under so much fear that they could not refuse, and the police had no way to protect them. “They (the actors) had no choice (to say no) and we had no way to protect them. Let me admit that. We did not take any action against them,” he said, referring to an incident when Govinda admitted that he had to go and dance for the don, because he had no other choice. “The actor Govinda admitted, ‘What should I do?’ Come let’s dance (What could we do? We had to go and dance) We took no action. He noted that the producers were “under mortal fear” and felt “they could be eliminated.” He also mentioned: “Do you remember Gulshan Kumar?” T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar was murdered in broad daylight on the streets if Mumbai and the underworld were behind it.
Sivanandan said that at this time, since the film industry did not have an industrial status, they would have to struggle to arrange finances, and would end up taking money from the underworld, which would offer loans at an interest rate of 60-80 percent. “If they don’t give it, all hell will break loose on the person who defaults. This situation has changed because of the operations we have put in place. We have opened it up,” he said, recalling that because of their operations, the film industry got industry status and money started coming from legal channels, unlike what was the case before.
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