Summary:
Kolkata, Dec 4 (PTI) Bengali film superstar and TMC MP Deepak Adhikari, better known by his stage name Dev, on Sunday asserted that professional actors should not take into account their political ideologies when collaborating with others from the field who may bear allegiance to a rival camp.
Talking to PTI on Sunday, Dev, whose latest outing "Projapoti" (Butterfly) also features veteran actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty, underlined that "politics should never come in the way of personal ties".
"In our upcoming film, I and Mithun da enact the roles of son and father respectively.
Both of us are big names in our party.
Both of us are respected by our parties.
Politics has its own place, and creative work its own.
One should not affect the other," Dev explained.
Stressing that his "political identity remains intact", no matter which film he does and with whom, the "Chander Pahar" actor said, "I also don"t let my personal relations get affected.
When my name was announced as a candidate for Ghatal, I had showed courtesy and respect to all, including my political opponents.