Hansal Mehta On Audience바카라�s Obsession With Box Office Numbers: It Started With Amitabh Bachchan

It would not be wrong to say that the Indian audience and filmmakers have a new-found obsession with box office numbers and data. Now director Hansal Mehta, in a year-end roundtable organised by Cinema Express, discussed how he was surprised when relatives at a wedding he attended were talking about how many hundreds of crores a certain film had earned.

He added that such matters should be restricted to the people who바카라�ve invested money in that particular film, and not the general public. He also explained how this public바카라�s fascination for box office data actually originated, while talking about his earlier comment about 바카라�quest for mass success destroying storytelling바카라�. 

He said, 바카라�As a filmmaker, I will not take up that responsibility. My responsibility, first, is towards what I바카라�m doing. If I think about (profits) I바카라�m doing a disservice to myself, to my work, my craft, to the people working with me.바카라�

He added how box office and data have become the big thing now, and mentioned how his scene cannot be the product of data. 바카라�It doesn바카라�t matter if only five people watch. I made Aligarh, and I don바카라�t even remember that film바카라�s box office number. But it remains one of my crowning glories바카라� This discussion around 바카라�initials바카라� starred Mr Bachchan. He became this one-man industry, and they started saying that he brings an 바카라�initial바카라� amount on Friday,바카라� Mehta said.

Further recalling how films soon started doing silver jubilees and golden jubilees, the filmmaker said that it soon led to everything becoming about the Friday-Saturday business. 바카라�Earlier, they used to measure occupancy바카라� And now, it has become a means of subsistence for people who know nothing but numbers. They call themselves critics,바카라� he said.

Meanwhile, 바카라�Kohrra바카라� and 바카라�Paatal Lok바카라� co-creator Sudip Sharma, who was also a part of the discussion, added, 바카라�Data cannot be a reflection of quality바카라� McDonald바카라�s is the highest-selling burger in the world, right? But it바카라�s not the best burger. They바카라�re completely different things.바카라� 

Hansal recently helmed the series 바카라�Scoop바카라�, and is awaiting the release of his new film, 바카라�The Buckingham Murders바카라�, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan.