the world of showbiz finds itself becoming a point of discussion following the ongoing investigation into the death of actor sushant singh rajput that has unraveled a drug trail of marijuana hash and cmd bollywood actors like deepika padukone sara ali khan shraddha kapoorhave been summoned by the narcotics control bureau ncb in their alleged connect with the drug use and supplyread alsorhea chakrabortys lawyer hits out at sushant singh rajputs family lawyer claim about the actors death by strangulation agencies being pressurised to reach a predetermined resultchakrabortys lawyer advocate satish manshinde has hit out at a recent statement made by vikas singh the lawyer representing sushant singh rajputs family while vikas singh had alleged that a doctor from aiims team had him that going by the pictures sushant passed away due to strangulation andsushant singh rajput case kshitij ravi prasad of karan johars dharma productions arrested by the ncbafter hours of interrogation kshitij ravi prasad an employee of karan johars dharma productions has been arrested by the ncb according to times now kshitij was evasive during his questioning and his answers were allegedly unsatisfactory he was also asked about the video of kjos 2019 party atwith these top actresses caught in the drug net the big question on everyones mind is does cinema imitate life or life imitates cinema in a bollywoodfixated country life imitates cinema as film personalities are looked up to as inspirations by the youth of the country this drugprobe has shaken bollywood with almost everyone running scared but those who make cinema say they have picked up topics of drugs in films be it smuggling or consumption of drugs by the protagonist or a hero fighting the bad man selling drugs from real life and newspaper clippings so if cinema does reflect what is happening in the society etimes decided to look at the history of portrayal of drug use on the celluloid the attempt in chronicling this instance is not so much to make a comment on the nexus between btown and drugs mafia but to document the history of filmmakers weaving in scenes where characters are shown to consume drugs and other substances0204from hare rama hare krishna to udta punjab bollywoods love story with drugsso when did films introduce drugs to cinegoers since the sushant singh rajput case has brought marijuana back in the news marijuana first found its mention in dev anands hare rama hare krishna 1972 where zeenat aman played a hippy addicted to drugs the legendary actorfilmmaker aimed to send out an antidrug message through his film and expose the misuse of religion to encourage it the song ram ka naam badnaam na karo captured it all since then bollywood has churned out films based on drugs in succession the prominent one being naam 1986 jaanbaaz 1986 jalwa 1987 gumraah 1993 paanch 2003 dum maaro dum 2011 and udta punjab 2016the topic of drugs as the premise of our films was borrowed from hollywoodmuch before hare rama