Shahid Kapoor criticises Bollywood camp culture, shares personal struggles: 'I bully the bully'

Shahid Kapoor recently criticised the prevalent camp culture in Bollywood. The actor, who is basking in the success of his recently released film ‘Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya’, recently admitted that people in Bollywood don’t easily accept outsiders. On Neha Dhupia's show, Shahid was asked to react to not being a part of any camp since the beginning of his career. Shahid added, 'Maybe I don’t have the qualities to be a campy person. I was from Delhi, I came to Mumbai and I was not accepted in my class. I was the outsider because my accent was different, I had a Delhi accent. I was really badly treated for a very long time. We were living in a rented house so every 11 months, we would shift. I would be in a new building, trying to make friends with people who didn’t know me. I went to Shiamak Davar and college, and that’s where I finally felt accepted and I had my own group of people and then I became an actor. When I came into the industry, I realised this is also like a school. Bahar waale ko aasani se accept nahi karte ye log, inko bada problem hota hai ke tum aa kaise gaye ander. So for many years you deal with that.' The actor urged his colleagues to allow individuals to collaborate with whomever they choose instead of criticising or belittling them. He said, 'I don’t like this campy thing. I feel that people who want to creatively collaborate with each other, should. People are comfortable with each other, should. But that doesn’t mean you diss other people or put other people down or you close the doors to other people. And I think that that’s something which does happen in this fraternity. I hate being bullied, and I didn’t have the confidence as a kid, as a teenager and a young adult. But now, if you try to bully me, I will bully you right back. So I hate the bully, I bully the bully. This is no filter Shahid.'

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