Veteran actor Paresh Rawal has spoken out against the trend of unfairly criticizing successful films like Pathaan and Jawan. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, the actor, who has appeared in both commercial and independent films, called this kind of criticism "a form of fascism." Rawal, who has worked in the film industry for more than 40 years, criticized people who try to control what audiences should like by calling popular films "ghatiya" (terrible).
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