"Commodities" is the word actress Asin Thottumkal used to describe the inhabitants of the world of showbiz, saying that it is compromise not creativity which is the name of the game in Bollywood.
The 24-year-old actress, who was speaking in the Youth Forum of the India Today Conclave 2010 in New Delhi today on the topic 'Change: Idealism vs Reality' was at her candid best and said that values and integrity are compromised on a daily basis in the film industry.
"In Bollywood we all are commodities, who can be replaced by another at a moment's notice. And therefore there is the need for constant compromise. If a formula works it is flogged to death, let ideas be damned," said the actress.
Asin who was already a superstar in south Indian cinema when she debuted in Bollywood opposite superstar Aamir Khan in the 2008 blockbuster Ghajini said that the only way to put the "soul" back into the industry was to stand up and say no to sub-standard products and practices.
The actress who has not signed on any new projects after her second film London Dreams' starring Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan flopped at the box office said that she has always been choosy about her projects.
"There is a lot of pressure on me to sign movies. But one should believe in what one wants to do and it works for me," said Asin who shared the dais with actor Ranbir Kapoor at the event.
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