Audience is now bored of fantasies, says Farhan Akhtar

Bollywood is known for the love stories that it churns out. Though over the years we have witnessed the change in the trend, the mantra behind success still remains the same. But as per Farhan Akhtar, audience has now got bored of it.

While promoting his upcoming film ‘Lucknow Central’, Farhan spoke about this and said, “I believe things in the film industry… the stories that are presented, what the audience likes to see, follow a cyclic format which even has an evolution. And it’s a good thing that our audience, writers, and producers want to talk about our people, they want us to talk about our issues. A few years ago, it was the age of NRIs, love stories were very popular. Everyone was eager to witness the presentation of romance and the world of fantasies was blooming. May be the audience is now bored of fantasies to some extent and they want to learn about themselves now, share our issues with each other.”

The man who has crafted films like ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Doobara’ and more believes that the industry is suffering from scarcity of ideas and hence people from different places will enter.

“There was a time when a lot of people entered the industry from Delhi… Actors, directors and writers, so a lot of film over the stretch of two to three years were based in Delhi, some three or four years ago. At a given time, almost 15 films were being shot in Delhi. So may be people are now bored with stories from Delhi, and they are looking to other places. This is what is following… writers are coming in from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan. So when they come, they get in their stories which are influenced by what they have seen, their social environment and now all that is presented in the stories.” (Also Read: Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Lucknow Central’ based on a true story)

Further adding, “We are very fortunate to be able to interact with these people, with their fresh ideas. We get to collaborate with them and help them bring their ideas on screen and also they help us to re-invent ourselves as artists.”

‘Lucknow Central’ is slated to release on September 15.

Inputs from IANS

Nikita Thakkar

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