"But frankly there is a shortage of bright young talented actors who come through. This lack of Bollywood today,''Bedi feels it is one of the few Indian actors to go to Hollywood.
"The problem could also be due to the fact that the old actors keep reinventing. Salman Khan is still there, Shah Rukh Khan is still in power there. Akshay Kumar is there,''said Bedi.
"But, Ranbir and Shahid are two promising new generation of players, and I want to see the younger actors in Bollywood,''he said.
However, he believes that there is no death of the young actresses.
"Bollywood has not seen as a problem when it comes to new actresses. We have a lot of them. We have seen Anuskha Santiago came out of nowhere. Deepika Padukone who also came out of nowhere. We Priyanka Chopra, who had been in place for about 10. She came out of nowhere. So I think there are some very good actresses.''
When asked what he thought of the Indian Bollywood Deepa Mehta describes kitschin''eikä true representative of Indian culture, he said, "Deepa is a great director and good feelings. These can be an elitist in his view, but reflects India Bollywood and Indian culture. This is a large audience around the world, shows that reflect the Indian culture.''
Later, a discussion spoke of "Hollywood, Bollywood and beyond,''said Bedi Bollywood is a powerful symbol of India.
He said, though he has not worked a lot of Bollywood, did not hesitate to call themselves the Bollywood actress.
"Bollywood is the most powerful symbol of India. Promoted (communal) unit. Encouraged Hindi as national language of India. Bollywood India joins''he said.
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