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Karan Johar Says Bollywood Lacks Conviction, 바카라˜We Let Go Of Salim-Javed Cinema And Went To Switzerland바카라™

Karan Johar said that while 바카라˜normalcy바카라™ has returned to cinema going, it is Bollywood which is experiencing problems in particular.

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Dharma Productions바카라™ honcho and filmmaker Karan Johar, in a recent roundtable interaction organised by Galatta Plus, opened up about the problems that the Hindi industry is experiencing, and revealed interesting on how he calculates a film바카라™s chances of success.

Well, it would be wrong to say that since the Covid-19 pandemic, Bollywood has not been able to return to its original form, in terms of box-office numbers despite being bigger stars featuring in them. Dissecting the problem, Karan said, 바카라œWhat바카라™s happening in Hindi, the major belts 바카라” and I바카라™m going to get slightly technical so that everybody understands 바카라” Mumbai and Delhi, which account for 60% to 70% of the number that comes in, haven't been behaving as consistently as they were pre-pandemic. So, what has been working is only the spectacle films, even if they바카라™re dubbed films.바카라

KJo also maintained that 바카라˜the biggest hits바카라™ in the Hindi speaking belt 바카라˜are dubbed films바카라™ 바카라” 바카라˜KGF: Chapter 2바카라™, 바카라˜RRR바카라™ and 바카라˜Baahubali 2바카라™. 바카라œThe market has been behaving very erratically바카라Š Always know, if the heartland and Gujarat step on board, there바카라™s nothing stopping you. The moment those two territories are distant from your film, you can never do a very large number. So, Gujarat, and CPCI Rajasthan have to step on board, and that바카라™s just how the business model works,바카라 he added.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Last but not the least, he said that instead of Bollywood being the trendsetter once upon a time, Hindi filmmakers became trend-chasers in the 1980s. 

바카라œAfter Hum Aapke Hain Koun, everyone, including myself, decided to jump on the bandwagon of love, and Shah Rukh Khan was created. We let go of all our roots from the 70s, and in 2001 when Lagaan was nominated for an Academy Award, we were like, 바카라˜Oh, now we바카라™ll do these kinds of films바카라™ right up till the 2010s. My Name is Khan is still a root of Lagaan, in my head, which was released alongside Dabangg, which again (changed trends) and people were like, 바카라˜Now let바카라™s start making commercial films again바카라™. That바카라™s the problem, we actually lack the spine and lack the conviction,바카라 he said. 

He even singled out films written by the iconic duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, and said it wasn바카라™t the right way for Hindi cinema to turn its back on Salim-Javed바카라™s films. 바카라œWe, who should be very grateful to Salim saab and Javed saab, we let go of that cinema and went to Switzerland.바카라

The Hindi film industry, this year, saw several A-list stars바카라™ movies fail tragically. Of the hits, only 바카라˜The Kashmir Files바카라™, 바카라˜Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2바카라™ and 바카라˜Drishyam 2바카라™ managed to let the cash register ring. 

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