The 48-year-old believes that terming the Hindi film industry as Bollywood has led to the loss of its identity. &quot;We were never Bollywood. We have lost our identity. We are the Hindi film industry and I have a lot of pride in that because great masters here have made great movies.&quot; <img alt="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/Rakeysh-Mehra.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 667px; " /> &quot;It always angers me when I am called &#39;Bollywood&#39;. People talk like that all over the world because it&#39;s easier for them to identify, but people in the country referring to it that way is disappointing,&quot; Rakeysh told in an interview. Even though all his movies have starred Bollywood actors and &#39;Rang De Basanti&#39; was a huge commercial hit, the director says it was not a typical mainstream film. &quot;It did well at the box office and became a blockbuster but the film was not designed like that. &#39;Rang De Basanti&#39; is not a Bollywood film,&quot; he said. His documentary, titled &#39;Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told&#39;, is his attempt to recognise why Hindi films are termed so by people. &quot;I was getting fed up with the idea of being called &#39;Bollywood&#39;. The irony of the title is that I named the documentary &#39;Bollywood&#39;. I thought of going down this route to find out where is Bollywood. The process behind the documentary started like that,&quot; said Rakeysh. &quot;It is a love affair of two million people across the globe with cinema which has stood on its own, withstanding the onslaught of Hollywood.&quot; The docu-film, co-directed by Rakeysh and American filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist, identifies the various socio-political issues reflected in our films over the years. &quot;I wanted to show the social and economic changes our cinema has reflected. The iconic moments in cinema have always reflected a milestone of change in the country, whether it was the leaving of the British and the birth of a new nation, or the disillusionment with that nation - wars, famines which led to the birth of escapism.&quot; Rakeysh&#39;s own films have dealt with one issue or the other, be it corruption in the system in &#39;Rang De Basanti&#39; or communal feuds in &#39;Delhi 6&#39;. Both films won National awards. But the director says cinema cannot bring about a change in society. &quot;Movies can never bring in change, a change can bring in movies. The job of cinema is to entertain but when you tell a story there has to be a moral. There&#39;s a huge responsibility somewhere deep down that our stories should deliver a message,&quot; he said. &quot;I have made anti-system movies and now I feel that there is a new order. But that will only happen if the younger generation steps into politics and the governance of the country,&quot; he added. His documentary, which includes interviews of Hindi cinema legends like Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachchan, has been to various film festivals, including Cannes 2011. &quot;It has been to 25 festivals and was the only Indian film to have been a part of the official selection at Cannes after 20 years. It got a great response. Since then it has gone all over the world. &quot;It&#39;s being screened on television around the world and now we&#39;ll bring it to India. We are considering releasing it in theatres,&quot; Rakeysh said. u00a0

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, known for his films like 'Rang De Basanti' and 'Delhi 6', says his anger at being referred to as a 'Bollywood' filmmaker led him to make a documentary on what the widely-used term signifies

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