Last night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a meeting with some of the Bollywood personalities at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Celebs like director-producer Karan Johar, producers Ritesh Sidhwani, Bhushan Kumar, Sidharth Roy Kapur, director Rakesh Roshan, CBFC head Prasoon Joshi and actors Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar were a part of the meet. As per Akshay Kumar's tweet, the purpose of the meeting was to 'to hear us at length, discuss issues pertaining to our industry and assuring positive consideration of suggestions'. So far so good? Not exactly. Bollywood Delegation Meets Narendra Modi to Discuss Issues Faced by Film Industry.

While we appreciate the Prime Minister taking the time out to meet the industry wallahs and discuss their problems. But the same meet also shows two of the biggest issues of the industry -  a real lack of representation of diversity. For one, it is all about Bollywood and not a single representative from regional cinema was a part of the meet. It feels as if Bollywood is the sole representative of Indian cinema. Dilip Kumar’s Bungalow Row: ‘Yet to Meet Narendra Modi’, Says Saira Banu.

Secondly, there was not a single lady at the meet! Despite the fact, that we had actresses like Deepika Padukone, Nayanthara rising up the power rankings and directors like Meghna Gulzar, Ashwini Iyer Tiwary etc proving themselves as better film0makers than many of their male counterparts in recent times. Also, this is the year where #MeToo campaign had a strong foothold in India, so this is certainly disheartening!

Not just us, many popular celebs and journalist rooting for women empowerment are criticising this lack of diversity on the panel. Check out their tweets below -

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We sure hope Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to these voices and make sure that there is a good representation in the panel next time.

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