Anurag Kashyap, the director, has never held back while criticizing Bollywood.  He even declared his intention to quit the hindi film industry and start making movies in the South.  The filmmaker of Gangs of Wasseypur recently discussed how theaters and multiplexes had "destroyed" his movie-going experience.  For a better watching experience, he now favors going to film festivals.
 
He claimed that his passion for big-screen movie viewing was the main reason he decided to pursue a career in filmmaking.  However, the large quantity of advertisements that interrupt his viewing experience has made him stop enjoying it in recent years.  Anurag Kashyap said that he no longer looks forward when questioned about the future of independent filmmaking.  He can only speak about the problems that he and other filmmakers currently face.
 
Seeing a film at a theater is a social event.  When watching movies on over-the-top (OTT) platforms, one cannot share the experience of laughing, crying, and whistling with a large number of strangers.  Many people now prefer viewing films, which has become a more private and solitary activity with the introduction of OTT.
 
Theaters must raise ticket prices, serve pricey food, and run a lot of advertising to offset their costs in order to meet the dwindling demand.  A guy in Bengaluru even filed a lawsuit against PVR-INOX last week for squandering twenty-five minutes on commercials!  Film festivals guarantee an uninterrupted movie-watching experience because they don't play advertisements as commercial theaters do.  The same cannot be said about commercial films, though, as many marketers fund both the movies and the theaters.  This problem doesn't appear to have a solution anytime soon, but maybe one will.
 
 
 
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G GOWTHAM

27/02/2025 10:45 AM