Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took to his Twitter handle to talk about how Bollywood is back in its ‘bad shape’. He was reacting to a recent box office report that stated that films like Bholaa, Shehzada and Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar couldn't recreate the commercial success of Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan.
Vivek wrote, “Bollywood is in bad shape. Again. Seems as if the entire industry is happy giving unrealistic and exorbitant fees to stars who can’t even guarantee an opening. Most money is wasted in vanity and lifestyle of stars. What’s going wrong?”
The current film that is struggling at the box office is Ajay Devgn's 'Bholaa' clashing with Nani's Telugu film 'Dasara'.
According to film trade analyst Taran Adarsh, 'Bholaa' is likely to hit the Rs. 50 crore mark at the domestic net box office. It earned over Rs. 44 crore in its extended weekend after release. On the other hand, Dasara is inching close to the Rs. 100 crore grossing club worldwide. It collected Rs. 87 crore in its opening weekend at the international net box office.
Earlier, Vivek had praised Shah Rukh Khan for the success of Pathaan. The Kashmir Files director credited Shah Rukh for saving the film against boycott calls.
Vivek Agnihotri has said during The Carvaka Podcast, "Pathaan worked purely because of the charisma and fan following of Shah Rukh, the way he marketed it and the way he took it on his shoulders that ‘it is my film and I am responsible for it’, which is pretty good.”
“I also think that some credit should also go to people who were making stupid statements against the film and people who were unnecessarily protesting and asking for boycott. These are different people from regular ‘boycott Bollywood gang’. There is one kind that is always saying ‘boycott Bollywood’ for everything for many years. These were new players in the market and there was no need for them to do this. There were some violent factors who were saying we will burn this and burn that and that, I think, also contributed to this. And of course, our media channels,” he added.
