Govinda admitted ‘naach ke aaye hain’ when he performed for underworld; IPS officer says Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya, Company funded by gangsters

The Hindi film industry in the 1990s was nothing short of wild west. The underworld had complete control over Bollywood and with every passing year, they kept tightening their grip over the producers, directors and actors who were literally dancing to the tunes of Dawood Ibrahim, Abu Salem and the likes. It was in the late 1990s that filmmakers like Ram Gopal varma started making films based on the underworld and films like Satya and Company started gaining recognition, but if the top cop of the era is to be believed, these films were also financed by the underworld.

In a chat with ANI, D Sivanandhan, who was the joint CP Crime Mumbai (1998-2001), said that films like Satya, Company, Daddy, Shootout At Wadala, Shootout At Lokhandwala were made to “lift the image of the gangsters.