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 who바카라ve invested money in that particular film, and not the general public. He also explained how this public바카라s fascination for box office data actually originated, while talking about his earlier comment about 바카라quest for mass success destroying storytelling바카라.
He said, 바카라As a filmmaker, I will not take up that responsibility. My responsibility, first, is towards what I바카라m doing. If I think about (profits) I바카라m 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. 바카라It doesn바카라t matter if only five people watch. I made Aligarh, and I don바카라t even remember that film바카라s box office number. But it remains one of my crowning glories바카라 This discussion around 바카라initials바카라 starred Mr Bachchan. He became this one-man industry, and they started saying that he brings an 바카라initial바카라 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. 바카라Earlier, 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, 바카라Kohrra바카라 and 바카라Paatal Lok바카라 co-creator Sudip Sharma, who was also a part of the discussion, added, 바카라Data cannot be a reflection of quality바카라 McDonald바카라s is the highest-selling burger in the world, right? But it바카라s not the best burger. They바카라re completely different things.바카라
Hansal recently helmed the series 바카라Scoop바카라, and is awaiting the release of his new film, 바카라The Buckingham Murders바카라, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan.
