Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is presently awaiting the discharge of hai upcoming directorial The Vaccine War. The filmmaker has been fairly vocal about his ideas on social media. Recently, in an interview, The Kashmir Files director slammed Bollywood for making films all about ‘entertainment’.
In a latest interview with Bollywood Bubble, Vivek Agnihotri recalled when he received bored with ‘cliche’ Bollywood motion pictures and mentioned, “The journey started long back when I made Buddha In A Traffic Jam. There was a time when I got sick with the way Bollywood works and operates because everything was so star-driven that nobody cared about stories.”
He additional added, “Then came a phase when films means only entertainment, entertainment and entertainment. I think that was a very very wrong signal we gave because if films were only entertainment then there is no difference between films and circus.”
He additionally expressed his want to change Bollywood and mentioned, “The subjects I don’t understand I never speak on them. Bollywood I do, because Bollywood I understand. I don’t have a grudge but I say things about Bollywood because I want Bollywood to change. I want Bollywood to re-invent itself and become the world’s best film industry I want Bollywood to become the soft power of India. Not that people are laughing, where you go people are like ‘your dances are very good, ‘your costumes are very beautiful.‘ Everybody wants to copy our costumes but nobody wants to copy our stories. That’s why you will find film posters are mostly the copy of Hollywood movies with good concern I say.”
After impressing the viewers together with his film The Kashmir Files, Vivek Agnihotri is all set to enthrall the viewers together with his upcoming directorial The Vaccine War. The movie stars Anupam Kher, Nana Patekar, and Raima Sen amongst others. The film was earlier scheduled to launch on August 15, nevertheless, the filmmaker postponed the discharge to October 24.
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