New Delhi:
Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri keeps sharing his views about Bollywood. Recently, he talked about challenges and changes in the industry. Expressing his disappointment with the new generation of stars, he said, Bollywood is falling down. On its X handle, he said, the industry is struggling due to new ideas, new directors and lack of emotional filmmakers about its work. Bollywood is decaying and it is good for the industry. You have to demolish the old building to build a new building. This is the time.
Today, there is hardly any independent producer in Bollywood. There is no new manufacturer. There is no new idea. There is no new strategy. There were a dozen studios a few years ago, now only two or three are left. And they are also here for other reasons instead of filmmaking. Corporate greed and agenda operated content has been replaced by passion towards cinema. There is no film. Therefore, there is a competition to release old films. Most of the directors who could do something different at this important time have given up defeat and bowed to the OTT.
Star-actor is necessary to survive the film business, but there is no promising new star. If you want to cast an actor of 21-35 years, then you will get almost no one. Neither hero nor heroines. Whatever people are, they cannot speak Hindi, cannot show expressions and are more interested in Instagram than their art. Without achieving more, they come with a group – manager, social media team, trainer and much more. If you have a simple background, which I do. Unknown, choosing to cast external actors, then you have no possibility of funding, distribution or marketing.
The box office, which once used to be the final examination of a film, has now become a cheating office. You can publish any data, give free tickets, arrange corporate booking. Can manipulate Bookmyshow – whatever you want. This is all free. Everyone is shouting about box office numbers, but their films have nothing to say. There are no real critics, no real film magazines or tabloids. No wonder, as usual, Bollywood chose an easy route, manipulation and corruption.
Powerful people who make this corrupt chakravyuh are now playing the role of victims. The demon he has made is ready to swallow them. And I am happy. I hope this will happen. I hope that it will swallow them, so that they can take rebirth – this time as a pure filmmaker, not as monster -producers. With the team we worked on The Delhi files, she was full of small town, local boys and girls. Many of them will be successful and will make excellent films. If you are a middle class, small young storyteller who is ready to sacrifice for his art – so this is your time. Yes, this is the time.
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