MUMBAI — Veteran actor-director Amol Palekar is waiting for Bollywood to wake up and stop treating environment as an untouchable subject. The 70-year-old “Chhoti Si Baat” star, who is heading the jury of eighth CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, feels filmmakers should make movies on the subject of nature conservation, NDTV reported. “I genuinely wish that something, some section from Bollywood wakes up and feels like doing anything on this subject, which is considered untouchable by Bollywood. Anything to do with good content is anyway a rarity so if they think they can do I would be most happy,” Palekar told the Press Trust of India. The “Paheli” director is happy to be a part of the festival for the second time as he feels it is a great platform to inform people about issues like wildlife conservation, sustainable technology and climate change. - Agencies
