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Rakesh Roshan, The Legendary Actor and Filmmaker, appeared on NDTV’s Flagship Series India: Through the eyes of its iconsDuring the conversation, he shared his thoughts on the evolution of Indian cinema. Rakesh Roshan spoke about how, in his time, movies was “Larger than life” and provided “wholesome entertainment,” whereas today’s films seem to lacques to lacques.
Rakesh Roshan Said, “I would say that though generations are changing, we are trying to keep up with the generation. What movies were made in the ’60s,’ 70s and ’80s, we kept on improving. Today, Films Are Being Made for the Younger Generation. They are not the generation of our time who used to love to see wholesome films. Jisme gaane bhi hote they, comedy bhi hota tha aur action bhi hota tha. It used to be a Wholesome Film. (There used to be songs, comedy, and action. It used to be a wholesome film.) “
Talking about How Films have become short and how emotion the driving for behind cinema, rakesh roshan shared, “Today’s generation, the youth generation, likes to see niche films, Shorter Films. They do’t have much time. Toh picture 2 ghante, sawa 2 ghante mein khatam honi chahiye. Pehle hoti thi 3-3 ghante ki picture. (So, movies should wrap up in 2 to 2 hours 15 minutes. Earlier, they used to be 3 hours long.) “
He added, “This is the change I am seeing, but I still feel that films which were made earlier, the wholesome entertaining films, still do very well at the box office. Because, basically, there have to be emotions in the film. Bollywood ka ho ya hollywood ho, jab tak emotions na ho to uska chalna bahut mushkil hota hai. (Whether it’s bollywood or hollywood, if a film lacques emotions, it is very difference for it to work. “
Explaining the decline in theatre footfall, rakesh roshan said, ,We used to make wider films. Hamari Films Jhumri Telaiya se leke la tak dekhte the log, australia tak dekhte the. (Our films were watched from jhumri talaiya to la, all the way to Australia.) “
The filmmaker continued, “Abhi jo hai na picturey choti ban rahi hai, niche ban rahi hai. Aur bahut real ban rahi hain, achi baat hai vo. Lekin real zindagi me jo log reh rahe hai, vo bhi picture dekhne isliye aate hai taaki they also want to see a dream. Vo vo dekh nahi paate hai. Vo jo ghar pe ho raha hai unke vahi aap picture me dekhte hai. So, maybe, that is why the audience has become lesser to come to the audience. They see movies on ott platforms at home. (Now, Films are due smaller, niche and very realistic – which is a good thing. But people live Happening at home is what they see in films too. So maybe
On how filmmakeers need to adapt to changing times, he said, “Toh jo picture banate the, hum larger than life banate the. Kahani Bhi Hum, We Used To Take Fairy Tales, and We Used To Make them Into A Movie, and Good Locations and Good Songs. (We used to make films larger than life. But as the generation is changing, things are also changing. So, we have to wait and see. We are in between now. Neither people are liking the old school, Nor they are liking the new school. So, we have to wait and see where it takes us. “
Rakesh roshan is knowledge for his work in movies like Karan Arjun, Daku Hasina, Zulm Ka Badla, Shubh Kaamna, Jene Ki Arzoo, Pyaara Dushman and Anand ashramTo name a few.
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