Nikkhil Advani Says Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Rebel Will not Make A Distinction In B’wooden: ‘Paagal Hai…’

Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani didn’t maintain again when discussing the shortage of unity in Bollywood throughout a latest chat. He stated that as an alternative of working collectively, individuals are busy competing with one another. Advani, who has been within the business for over 25 years, rued that the collaborative efforts of previous legends like Yash Chopra and Yash Johar, evaluating it with the current state of affairs the place such teamwork is lacking amongst many.

“The Hindi movie business has no unity. Being a child and seeing what folks like Yash Chopra and Yash Johar used to do… You hear tales of those folks and the way they used to work, we don’t have that. We’re busy competing with one another. We don’t rejoice one another. The very first thing we’ve to do is come collectively and say we’re one. We don’t agree on something,” Advani stated in an interview with Movie Companion.

The filmmaker stated that business agreements, like avoiding paid media and limiting advertising, are sometimes ignored. He additionally stated that he’s annoyed by disagreements on launch timing and distribution. Talking of the South Indian movie industries, he stated that they not solely produce audience-friendly movies but additionally have efficient launch methods. “There isn’t any settlement on home windows (from theatrical to OTT) or distribution mannequin. Every one is for themselves. Vidhu Vinod Chopra will try to do one thing, be some form of a insurgent, everybody will say ‘wow’ after which say, ‘paagal hai,’” he stated.

Final yr, Vidhu Vinod Chopra took everybody abruptly when he launched his movie twelfth Fail starring Vikrant Massey. In a time dominated by large occasion movies, the filmmaker opted for minimal promotions, banking on merely phrase of mouth. Regardless of this, twelfth Fail turned an enormous success, grossing over Rs 70 crore worldwide and profitable a number of awards.