A Quote by Javed Akhtar

Indian cinema is changing not because of outside pressure but because of inside pressure. Society is changing. Obviously, ideas change because of globalization, because of the huge middle class that is mostly first generation.

Javed Akhtar

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Society Because Change Changing Cinema Class First First Generation Generation Globalization Huge Ideas Indian Inside Middle Middle Class Mostly Obviously Outside Pressure

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Javed Akhtar
Indian - Activist
Born: January 17, 1945

Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.

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