Director-producer Sanjay Gupta has created waves on the internet by jumping right into the conversation regarding things that Bollywood can and must learn from the Southern film industry.
The age-old conversation was reignited after the massive success of Pushpa 2, while Bollywood struggled to give a single blockbuster.
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The filmmaker emphasized the importance of songs in films, stressing that Bollywood should embrace its true self by making songs a key part of films once again.
His exact words were, “If there’s any lesson, it is very simple — we have stopped having music. In Hindi films, we don’t put music anymore. Singham Again was such a big film and I can’t recall a single song in it…
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…Why have we forgotten that songs are the soul of our movies since the time the sound came into our movies? You remember the songs; you don’t remember the films. There are so many of my favourite songs and I don’t know which film it is from.”
Giving examples from popular Bollywood films, he added, “We have stopped creating and writing music. And then comes a film like Pathaan…
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…When ‘Jhoome Jo Pathaan’ was played, we saw the hysteria that happened in the theatres. That is the only thing we need to introspect. Let us not be shy of using great music…
…In Animal, Sandeep Reddy Vanga used a Punjabi song, a Marathi song and an Iranian song as well as traditional Hindi songs. Can you imagine that film without its music?
…Also, can you imagine how much music is responsible for the success of that movie? Let’s bring back music and let’s not be apologetic about it.”
He also shed light on the struggles of filmmakers due to the recent paradigm shift in the industry, saying, “It’s not like we should start making movies that only cater to the frontbenchers…
…I guess there has been a paradigm shift in characters and movie movie-making in Hindi cinema post the pandemic. All of us are currently struggling to find the line and length – kya banayein, kaise banayein.”
His words do provide Bollywood filmmakers with food for thought, nudging them to rethink their ways to get the industry back on track once again.
