Renowned filmmaker Sanjay Gupta reacts to SRK’s Jawan and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 box office success
Renowned filmmaker Sanjay Gupta reacts to SRK’s Jawan and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 box office success
The massive success of Sunny Deol starrer Gadar 2 and Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan has made everyone believe that the audiences are back
For some of the filmmakers, the thumping success of Sunny Deol starrer Gadar 2 and Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan has not impacted on them. According to them, though reports claim that the success of both the films has lured the audiences back to the cinema houses.
According to them they can’t take it for granted until and unless the small-budget films do well bring back the audiences to the cinema halls and break record collection at the box-office. Then only one can believe that in reality the audiences are back in the cinema halls
One such renowned filmmaker is Sanjay Gupta who truly believes it is only when the cinema halls run houseful that it could be assumed that the audiences have returned to the cinema halls.
The filmmaker added that “Gadar 2 and Jawan are big-budget films and they were in the making for 2-3 years.
Theatres will be empty again after a couple of weeks, waiting for the next big film to arrive. A
All the big stars do one film a year and no big star does two films. SRK did not have a release in the last five years. Hrithik and Aamir also do one film in two years. It can’t be the case that only these top 5-6 stars’ films work. When people go to the theatres to back a combination of films then only he would that the audiences are back as per filmmaker Sanjay Gupta.
Like there’s a film called Baap hitting the theatres featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol and Jackie Shroff. It is only when people to watch that film then he can say that the audiences are really coming back to theatres.
Earlier, a film was counted hit and succesful if the film has done 90 cr business a hit. However, as of now, we call a film superhit if it has done a 75 cr business. We start congratulating each other if the film gets an opening of 4-5 cr.
As per Sanjay, the fault lies with us that we have been orphaned and explains how. . Earlier, at least a studio was there that would pump up the PNA. Now, who does the marketing for a small-budget film? Studios have shut down. There’s no studio green-lighting a film, literally. It is becoming a Catch-22. Films neither films are made nor audiences are coming. Once these two things return to normalcy.
The Film City used to have more than 50 shoots a day on average.
Today, there are hardly 5-6 shoots happening a day. All the stars are sitting at home.
This money is not coming into the film industry, but, going back to those who invested. The exhibitors who were suffering have got some relief. They’re happy for a while but in their hearts, they also know, “Yeh chaar din ki chaandni hai.”
Has action as the genre worked in a big way?
Right now, we are talking about only spectacles and brand value. A spectacle of Pathaan and Jawan or brand value of Gadar 2. But how many of such films can be released in a year?
After watching Pathaan, I came out of the theatre as a worried man. I said, “As a filmmaker, this is the new normal. This means apart from the stars, Sanjay needs 200 crores to compete with that film
To make a film, he will need two big stars, one villain and a massive heroine. You’ll need that in order to compete.”
In Jawan, Shah Rukh has done the same. Knowing Shah Rukh and his passion for movies, he has worked with the same passion for Paheli as he has worked for Jawan. He works with passion and he spends money with passion.
In Aap Ki Adalat, SRK said that, he doesn’t take money from films. He tell producers to spend on the film. Sanjay earns money from appearances and endorsements; which is so true.
This is common in south Indian cinema. Hats off to Atlee. and it is courageous of Shah Rukh to back that content. In the south, they take up issues. There’s masti, dhamaal, over the top moments in the film, but that one ungli wala speech balances everything. It’s very good.
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