Legendary Filmmaker Subhash Ghai opens up on his iconic film Khalnayak which recently completed 30 years.
Legendary Filmmaker Subhash Ghai opens up on his iconic film Khalnayak which recently completed 30 years.
Legendary Filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s iconic film Khalnayak recently completed 30 years.
Fearuring Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff, the film still remains a fresh in the minds of the audience even after all these years.
While the filmmaker is happy about it, he expresses concern over the industry’s present situation at large. He points out how the space might be “growing, with more studios and production houses opening up”, and “more investors” coming in, but there is “dearth of talent”, resulting in fewer films that leaves an impact on people’s mind.
Subhash Ghai is acknowledged for films like Khalnayak and Pardes says that their production house doesn’t have sufficient talent to meet the growing demands of the country. That’s precisely why, mediocre people are hired. If 20 good films are being made, only a handful has people who have the skills to make it successful. It’s our misconception that we have enough talented people and that’s why most films today are not working. And when be talks about talent, it includes everyone who runs the entertainment business- from director, content head, actor, editor to the technicians,” says the director, who goes on to questions, “Otherwise, despite having support from investors who are ready to put any amount on a project, why are most of our films not working?”
But could it be because not enough new people are given the chance to enter the film industry? And Ghai denies. He shares that even new people are given the chance to prove their potential. Investors only want profit and they are ready to put money on anyone and everyone who has the skill to do that . But when they even doesn’t work, then the production house go back to the ones they know will bring business.
Ghai explains that 70 per cent of the people who are working in the industry are on “test and trial”. They are good for nothing. For him, a talented person is someone who knows how to use his skills to deliver a good creative product. Otherwise, he or she is just a dreamer or an aspiring artiste.
The Taal fame director firmly believes that there is an illiteracy in people running the entertainment business. Not all, but most of them do not even have knowledge of the job they doing. You need to be literate enough to understand and then deliver. You want to become a writer and want to become Rabindranath Tagore? Haven’t you read about Shakespeare? he asks.
With OTT, he is happy that new people are getting an opportunity, but at the same time he says that even the talent needs to realize it’s a big opportunity and work accordingly. OTT is a platform for aspiring talent to prove themselves and help the platform to earn money. If you have got someone to pool funds, you need to make full use of the opportunity. Don’t try to fulfill Your dreams, the legendary filmmaker warns.
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