‘Govinda admitted, hum kya karein?’: IPS officer D Sivanandhan reveals how actors and musicians performed a show for Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter

Bollywood in the 1990s was a glittering world under a shadow. Behind the success of hit films and celebrated stars, the underworld wielded considerable influence, directing the choices of producers, directors, and actors alike. Filmmakers who sought to portray the gritty realities of crime on screen, such as with ‘Satya’ and ‘Company’, were often unknowingly navigating a network financed by gangsters. According to former Joint CP Crime Mumbai D Sivanandhan, this era was defined as much by fear as by creativity, with the underworld quietly pulling the strings behind the glamour. In a conversation with ANI, Sivanandhan revealed, “Films like ‘Satya’, ‘Company’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Shootout At Wadala’, ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’ were made to lift the image of the gangsters. They were all funded and