India, May 9 -- Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has blamed Bollywood's star culture for audiences' declining interest in watching films in theatres and contributing to the industry's box office struggles.

"There are two kinds of actors - industry actors and public actors. Industry ke actor ko public itna nahi chahti hai uske bawajood bhi unki films aapke ghar ke darwaze mein lagi hoti hai. Aapko majboori mein dekhna padhta hai," says Nawazuddin, whose film Costao, where he plays an upright customs officer, premiered on ZEE5 recently. He continues, "People want to see the public actors on screen but unfortunately their films don't reach the masses. Chahe woh Om (Puri) sahaab ho, Irrfan bhai ho, Manoj Bajpayee ya Naseeruddin Shah ho, all the gre...