Bollywood’s biggies in regional cinema

Regional cinema was always considered a poor cousin of Bollywood. The stars who started losing their charisma in mainstream cinema chose regional cinema as the next best option. Not anymore now—as more and more mainstream Bollywood A-listers are now opting for Tamil, Telgu, Bhojpuri, Bangla and Punjabi films. What will be your reaction when you are told that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Mahi Gill, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen and other biggies have no qualms about working in regional cinema. Experts say that the mushrooming of multiplexes is the reason, as people want new movies every week; others say that good scripts in regional cinema are attractive. And some are doing it just for friends. Salman Khan- People in the industry swear by Salman’s friendship not for nothing. He has agreed to do a comeo in friend Ritesh Deshmukh’s debut Marathi film Lai Bhaari.