Amid a raging controversy over drug use in the film industry in connection with a probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Samajwadi Party MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday slammed all those who have been calling the Mumbai-based entertainment industry a "gutter".

"Sir I want to talk," Bachchan requested Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu as she stood up to seek government support for the industry.