Rebellion is looked down upon in India: Abhay

Rebellion is looked down upon in India: Abhay
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He has built a niche for himself in an industry which runs on formulas, but Abhay Deol feels being rebellious and doing something out-of-the-box is discouraged in India. 

He has built a niche for himself in an industry which runs on formulas, but Abhay Deol feels being rebellious and doing something out-of-the-box is discouraged in India. The 40-year-old actor says because India is so rooted in traditions, it is hard for people to break away from them and do something different.

“We are shaped by our traditions. With us, it is a little more difficult because we are traditionalist. We have 5000-year-old history which is now almost a part of our DNA. How do you break that? “America, for example, doesn’t have that history behind it. It romanticises rebellion. We look down upon rebellion. “It’s an insult. To think out-of-the-box is looked down upon here,” Abhay said.

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