Winners and whiners: B-Town celebs who believe they haven't got their due

In a recent interview actor Om Puri expressed his disappointment over his Bollywood career and the direction it had taken The 63yearold actor whose Hollywood film The HundredFoot Journey has just released said that despite working for nearly four decades in Bollywood he is yet to receive a fat fee or bag a meaty roleHe is said to have observed that this is not the case in Hollywood where roles are specially written for senior actors like himOm Puri is said to have observed that unlike in Hollywood he is yet to get a fat fee or land a meaty role in BollywoodInterestingly Om Puri is not the only actor who harbours a grouse against the industry There are many celebs who have shot to fame and risen through the ranks and yet they feel that they have not got their dues Be it his contemporaries or the younger crop of actors directors and musicians discontentment seems to be lurking just around the cornerLiving in the pastTake for instance Nawazuddin Siddiqui The actor has proved his mettle in several films and the struggling actorrsquos career got big boost after he was seen in Anurag Kashyaprsquos film Gangs of Wasseypur two years ago Since then he has been enjoying a good run but if his interviews are anything to go by itrsquos clear that Nawazuddin refuses to let go of his pastThe actor never tires of mentioning his early days in Bollywood and how he had to fight against the odds given his humble backgroundThe actor never tires of mentioning his early days in Bollywood and how he had to fight against the odds given his humble background He has bagged plum projects in the last two years but Nawazuddin seems to want to cash in on his pastHigher standardsOm Purirsquos contemporary Naseeruddin Shah too shares similar views on Bollywood as a whole Time and again he has said that he is not a commercially bankable actor He has also said that this industry has not given him his due In fact last year he criticised Farhan Akhtar for his film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag calling it a lsquofake filmrsquoTime and again Naseeruddin Shah has said that he is not a commercially bankable actor He has also said that this industry has not given him his dueNot sportyAnurag Kashyap has won many honours and offered a launch pad to many deserving actors and directors but the filmmaker is known to express his displeasure over various issues right from his film not being nominated for the Oscars to the media writing about his personal life On several occasions Kashyap is said to have noted that he is not happy with the way Indian media functionsAnurag Kashyap is known to express his displeasure over various issues mdash right from his film not being nominated for the Oscars to the media writing about his personal lifeA matter of regretShe may have starred in Humshakals but when it came to promoting this film Bipasha Basu decided that she didnrsquot want to be associated with it After shying away from all promotional events for the film she broke her silence on twitter where she said that she was not happy rather she was lsquoextremely disturbedrsquo by the filmrsquos end result Incidentally this is not the first time that the actress has walked out of a project She was also in the news for allegedly refusing to walk the ramp with Chitrangada Singh at a recent fashion event as she allegedly felt that Singh was a relatively junior actressBipasha Basu recently tweeted the reason why she refused to promote the film Humshakals The actress said that she was not happy with the filmrsquos end resultBipasha Basu was also in the news for allegedly refusing to walk the ramp with Chitrangada Singh at a recent fashion event as she reportedly felt that Singh was a relatively junior actressI canrsquot get no satisfactionMusic composer Vishal Dadlani who supports the Aam Aadmi Party is very vocal on social media Not only does he have an opinion on most topics under the sun mdash from photoshoots and media to fellow singers and politics mdash he is also known to react vehemently to most issuesVishal Dadlani has an opinion on most topics under the sun mdash from photoshoots and media to fellow singers and politics The singercomposer is famous for being unabashedly opinionatedIn fact the singercomposer is famous for being unabashedly opinionated