Rahul Dholakia on how Bollywood can revive its fortunes: ‘Stop being arrogant’
Rahul Dholkia has some recommendation for the Hindi movie trade, which goes by way of a lull following consecutive failures on the field workplace. The director took to Twitter and, in 5 factors, listed areas which will be targeted on to attain excellence.
Dholkia, recognized for guiding movies like Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees and Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika-headlined Parzania, mentioned there must be a holistic revamp within the trade, from higher filmmaking to decreased value of manufacturing.
“My 2 cents on what must be finished by our fraternity: 1. Make higher movies. 2. Scale back COP 3. Scale back ticket costs drastically 4. Not launch movies on OTT for 3 month 5. Cease being smug, be inclusive. Perhaps this can assist?”
My 2 cents on what must be finished by our fraternity:
1. Make higher movies.
2. Scale back COP
3. Scale back ticket costs drastically
4. Not launch movies on OTT for 3 month
5. Cease being Conceited. be inclusivePerhaps this can assist?
— rahul dholakia (@rahuldholakia) August 18, 2022
This yr, solely three Bollywood movies–Gangubai Kathiawadi, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and The Kashmir Information–have managed to shine on the field workplace whereas films of different stars have tanked, together with Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor.
Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan–each launched on August 11–have been dubbed as huge disasters of the yr, as the films opened in the course of the vacation interval and fizzled on the field workplace. A number of trade voices have come ahead and shared methods by which the trade can put an finish to the streak, from Alia Bhatt, Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu to Nikkhil Advani.
Whereas the Hindi movie trade has struggled to place up a good whole, SS Rajamouli’s Telugu epic RRR and the Kannada actioner KGF: Chapter 2 have emerged as the most important grossers of the yr to this point. The commerce is at the moment awaiting the discharge of two Hindi movies, Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Liger, set to launch on August 25, and Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt-fronted Brahmastra.
Each the upcoming movies are backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, whose multi-starrer comedy Jug Jugg Jeeyo opened in cinemas to a mean response in June this yr.
