R Balki dubs recent blockbusters as ‘boring projects’; says, “They’ve been the worst films”

R Balki is a prolific filmmaker and his films like Paa, Pad Man, and Cheeni Kum are a proof. His last project was Abhishek Bachchan starrer Ghoomer which had Amitabh Bachchan’s cameo appearance. Having spend considerable time in the industry, R Bali has shared his thoughts on recent blockbuster film and called then boring for this reason.

R Balki calls recent blockbuster film boring

The director shared his thoughts during a fireside chat on “What on Earth Is Wrong with Advertising and Cinema” at MIT World Peace University in Pune. He said: “Few blockbusters that have happened in the last four, five years, or whatever, have actually been the worst films. I’m just saying, not only from an intellectual or an artistic point of view but also from the old entertainment, ‘masala, paisa vasool’ kind of a feel. Also, they’re damn boring.”

He also remarked how blockbuster films lacking entertainment value still earn big at the box office. “It’s become like a project. There’s an economics associated with that stuff. They want to recover this, they’re putting this money, they’re pumping the marketing out. It’s marketing, basically. It’s just driving people towards believing something is good. By the time people believe it’s bad, the film has made its money,” he said.

Balki also talked about the reasons behind audiences losing interest in cinema. “The interest that there was in cinema is not there anymore. It’s not the same kind of interest. Just because you find one or two films that are kind of working, or people are going to them during festival time, doesn’t mean things are the same. There’s just too much content, and people have so much more to devour,” he said.

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