The Hindi film industry over the past few months has been at the receiving end of a lot of negative comments from society at large. And recently, 34 production houses and four industry bodies retaliated, by filing a suit against news channels for the way the industry has been painted.

Actor Raveena Tandon is very proud of the film industry for taking this step. “It’s the first time in history that the entire industry is standing united, everyone is planning to join the movement. The narrative and the kind of language being used was very undignified and it was only the film industry that was being targeted,” she says. 

What angers the 45-year-old is the ‘abusive trolling and narrative’ that is being set against her workplace. She feels it has gone “beyond the limit”. “There is freedom of speech yes, but to make statements which are completely untrue, and forget dignity, without any proof, the vilification of people and the kind of language being used, is a new low,” she says.

The one aspect that was brought into focus repeatedly was also the alleged drug culture in Bollywood. Tandon had recently also tweeted about a “clean up” that should happen. “Why only our industry? I feel people in the film industry are under constant pressure and scrutiny. If you are serious about a war against drugs, start from the roots. Round up all peddlers,” she reasons.

In fact, she goes on to say that it is easier for news channels to find out about the drug suppliers through a sting operation. Tandon says, “Their journalists can easily reach the peddler. There are peddlers standing outside colleges, restaurants, hotels, pubs etc. You think there is no substance abuse in politics, parties, among industrialists, among politicians? It is so clear what is happening.”