Even educational institutes like the IIT and the IIM invite film industry celebrities for talk shows nowadays. What is the idea behind such shows?
– Educational institutes nowadays believe in giving their students a 360-degree view of the world. Since the entertainment industry is a very significant part of the world, talk shows with celebrities from that world are in vogue.
I am an exhibitor and I’m wondering what I should screen till Diwali. Can you help?
– It’s going to be tough because many of the running films are flops while those which are good and running in cinemas, have more or less exhausted their run. And the next film, which seems to have the potential to draw huge crowds, is only TIGER 3, but that will release on Diwali. Till then, it may be difficult for the cinemas to attract the audience in large numbers.
When big films were flopping in more than usual numbers, it was being said that the era of stars is over. Now that star-studded films like Pathaan, Gadar 2 and Jawan have worked wonders at the box-office, what happens to that theory of ‘era of stars is over’?
– The problem with the trade people is that they are unwilling to accept that big stars can sometimes go wrong with their choice of films. Since time immemorial, top stars have delivered hits, blockbusters and duds. There’s nothing new about star-studded fares flopping. Just because a few more films than expected flopped at the turnstiles in no way means that the era of stars is over.