Does BW have any directors who can sell films on their own?

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Scorpio_Velvet

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Posted: 11 years ago

Hollywood has many such directors like QT, Cameron, Fincher, Scorsese etc. Their films are highly anticipated irrespective of the cast. The likes of QT has a sizable fanbase.

I think the closest thing to a Director brand we had was SLB during HDDCS, Devdas and Black days, but I find him highly overrated anyway. And he lost that clout as well.

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jibber-jabber

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Posted: 11 years ago

Raj Kumar Hirani maybe? Although India still doesn't have directors who are bigger than stars.

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Nikita Lakhe

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Posted: 11 years ago

Rajkumar Hirani is the first name that comes to mind.

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MR.KooL

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Posted: 11 years ago

i think Rohit Shetty and Raj Kumar hirani... and Prabhudeva to some extent.

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LapinLaCocotte

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Posted: 11 years ago

Rajkumar Hirani's name seems to create a lot of hype for P.K.

I guess Rohit Shetty is becoming somewhat of a brand aswell

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Scorpio_Velvet

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Posted: 11 years ago

Yea, Raju Hirani can be counted as one.

Though people may be divided about the quality of his films, what about Kjo? He was able to create a lot of hype for SOTY with three newcomers. People expect grandiose production value from his films.

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dabang4life

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Posted: 11 years ago

Rajkumar hirani..
I don't like 3 idiot because of Aamir khan.. The movie is a perfect movie.. Flaw less and I am pretty sure people will watch his movies lets say if he works with some newbies..

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CeaselessBanter

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Posted: 11 years ago

Unless a director can open a movie on his name alone and not depend on actors like a Spielberg or a Scorcese or a Tarantino or a Burton, they cannot. BW does not have anyone like that IMO.

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jibber-jabber

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: scorpio_bins
Yea, Raju Hirani can be counted as one.

Though people may be divided about the quality of his films, what about Kjo? He was able to create a lot of hype for SOTY with three newcomers. People expect grandiose production value from his films.

KJo is one director who can give the actors a run for their money in terms of popularity since he is all over the place but I now doubt his production values. After SRK, he more or less is involved in the production of chick flicks and candy floss romance.

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Nikita Lakhe

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: scorpio_bins
Yea, Raju Hirani can be counted as one.

Though people may be divided about the quality of his films, what about Kjo? He was able to create a lot of hype for SOTY with three newcomers. People expect grandiose production value from his films.

I agree.

I also think Anurag kashyap, dibakar banerjee are a brand in their own way, they cater not to the mainstream audience at large, but a niche audience which watches the film for them only.