New Delhi: Director Hansal Mehta has a message for Bollywood for “predicting doom”: the industry is not dying, but it has been invested by filmmakers in actors, not in stars.
Filmmaker, known for films like “Shahid”, “Aligarh”, and “Faraz” as well as “Scam” web series, shared his opinion in a long X post called “Hindi Cinema Needs a Reset”.
“For those who predict doom for Bollywood-pose. For those who predict. The industry is not dying. It is waiting to be interrupted. The problem is not losing interest to the audience. The investment is being safe, recycled, funnel in the formula.
Mehta wrote on Monday night, “The future of Hindi cinema is in raw talent, bold storytelling, and betting on directors, who can take a script and direct hell. The last few years have been proved: The stars have not necessarily not necessarily not necessarily brought to the audience;”
The director also shared his list of nine -generation actors, including “Faraz” actor Zahan Kapoor, Aditya Rawal; Adarsh ​​Gaurav, who was recently seen in the “Superboys of Malegaon”, and “Kill” co-star Laxman and Raghav Juyal, who believe that “are ready to change the game”.
“Hindi cinema does not require savings – it requires changes in priorities. The formula is simple: Invest in actors, not ‘stars’. Write without any fear. Directly, directly,” he said.
“But it will take producers with vision, platforms that return stories on data, and the director who demands authenticity on familiarity. It will require solid financial discipline, intelligent exhibition strategy, marketing, which is well thought out and not the templates have promoted that the campaigners are prosperous and the industry is making the industry very poor,” said he said.
Calling Gaurav a “shape-shifter”, Mehta said that he is not a star; He is a chameleon.
“Hollywood is already betting on him (‘Alien’ TV series). Bollywood needs to wake up and match that belief. Kapoor, who made his film debut “Faraz”, is “success name”, he said about the actor, who is receiving a review for his first web series “Black Warrant”.
According to the director, Rawal is a “disruptive” who is not looking for stardom, but has roles. If Laxman is a “tireless fighter”, Juyal is an “unexpected wildcard”.
“If the right filmmakers had their faith in him, he could be the next great action disruptive of Hindi cinema,” he said about Laxman.
Hindi cinema needs to take more opportunities on actors like Juyal, Mehta said, because when they distribute, they produce magic.
The list of filmmaker also included “Jigra” actor Vedang Raina, who was called “scene stealing”, “the perfect couple” actor Ishaan Khatar, who was like a “unkapd dynamo”, like a “unaccounted dynamo”, “Missing ladies” fame sparsh Srivastava, which is a “silent revolution”, and “Munjia” Break Abahe, “
In his post, Mehta stated that the reset will require producers with vision, platforms that return stories on data, and directors who demand authenticity on familiarity.
He said, “It will require solid financial discipline, intelligent exhibition strategy, marketing, which is well thought out and not the payment of the template that is making the campaigners enriched and making the industry very poor … talent that needs faith, not to guess, not to guess the other-if properly nurtured, they are the future,” they said.
According to Mehta, producers need to take long -term approach and prevent weekend box office number from pursuing.
The platforms should return to the actors, not algorithms, and the directors should cast the actors for role, skills and depth, “not only familiar”.
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