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Why Bollywood Actors Need to Review Their Stardom

In recent past weeks, there has been a lot of coverage of some big actors' movies being boycotted by Indian audiences. And this has been indirectly referenced to the Indian audience waking up to its cultural identity being taken up lightly by such many players in this industry and thus a payback time. Though I have not really gone to any depth about this issue, I certainly do not subscribe to the view that there are people distorting our cultural identities or markers. One of the biggest and unparalleled markers of my culture is the ability to allow freedom of expression and thus we must not define how others can bring life to their imaginations or stories. And my freedom of expression is not as defined in the constitution which is subject to the display of sensitivity. My freedom of expression is also capped by the display of sensitivity but it is not defined by changing times but by a universal understanding of what is right and wrong. 
However, it made me wonder why actors are not deferential or grateful to their audiences like any shopkeepers or corporates.  To what do these actors owe their stardom or even their livelihood. Why do they not feel the need to serve the customers? Why they should take us for granted? Worse why they do not share their wealth with the whole production unit? What value they are adding to society. In fact, outside their film presence, many of them do not represent any worthwhile ideals or values and yet they share their views with tremendous confidence in a public forum as if their acting has enlightened them to educate us on any matters of life. And even in this instance of general boycott, they are not humble to express that they have made money on our count and yet failed to contribute instead they went on splurging on luxuries. 

The question is will there be at least one from that side to acknowledge that they made a fool of ourselves and filled their coffers? 
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