actors blurred lines commercial and indie cinema

The Hindi film industry is divided into commercial cinema and Indie cinema (art films) as addressed earlier in the ’80s and ’90s. Earlier, actors who graduated from NSD or FTII, were first seen exploring Art Cinema and then depending upon their acting skills and popularity, they were offered commercial cinema. Some of the best actors in Bollywood began their acting career with Indie cinema. Actors such as Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and many more.

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Let us take a look at some of the actors from the current breed who had a great start from indie cinema at the beginning of their career. And they are blurring the line between indie and commercial cinema successfully in 2019.