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Loved what Nitesh said about handling the crew-the whole surviving first week of the shoot and no shouting on set.❤️ However, I completely disagree with what he said about reality vs creativity and the same old 'this is a film,not a documentary'.One living example of making a project commercially viable yet retaining it's originality is right across the table-Ram Madhvani. Creative freedom should be there and yes,real life is not a screenplay but I still feel they could have done something much better than the whole coach angle in Dangal. That honestly was just playing for the gallery and playing safe.
Coming to what they were discussing about the lower footfalls and low interest in films, I would actually blame them or rather the production houses for this. There's so much of investment in promotions and everything is literally out there for the audience on Youtube and press that the excitement for the film automatically dies by the time the film releases.I used to love when trailers weren't released on Youtube. There's so much more excitement in waiting for the trailer to drop at the theatre and watch it. I did the same for Jagga Jasoos. That experience is magical and if you take that away from the audience,everyone is bound to lose interest. First look,first teaser,motion trailer,teaser ka trailer..so many things!
And lastly, I didn't find this roundtable a misfit.That's what I love about Rajeev. He always selects people involved in a range of films and not all of the same kind.You get to understand the opinion and point of view of a variety of people and their school of thoughts.I really enjoyed Karan Johar's presence and I'm sure if someone else was there instead of him, I definitely wouldn't have known about how Saturday is a multiplex day and Sunday is a single screen day and the economics of the film business.
And Ram Madhvani is like that uncle who sends unfunny whatsapp forwards in the family group followed by a '🤣'.
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