Mohit Chadda

Amused by people who have been posting these 'Rohit Shetty has put the whole story of #SinghamAgain out in the trailer' tweets since yesterday. I assume these guys expected Captain Vikram Rathore & Azad to be electrocuted to death by Kalee Gaikwad in #Jawan? Or they thought Tara Singh & Sakeena would be crying over their son Charanjeet's dead body in the climax of #Gadar2? And perhaps, they anticipate the goofy & loveable Rooh baba to be beaten to a pulp by Manjulika by the time #BhoolBhulaiyaa3 comes to an end? Great cinema is NOT about the 'story'. It's all about 'STORY TELLING'! And what #RohitShetty has promised through this trailer is clap trap moments in abundance, the epitome of fan service & the re-telling of one of our greatest epics in a manner that is 'theatrical' in every sense of the term! The film is poised to create a box office storm & your cockiness, cynicism or ill intent (whichever of the three it may be...or perhaps all of them?) is not going to prevent that from happening! I could have 'summarised' what I want to convey by just saying 'आप टुचिये हैं!' (got it?), but I attempted to give this elaborate (and hopefully interesting) explanation for it! THAT is what filmmakers try to do. अब समझे? 😉

When the opening day number of a film is higher than the average lifetime business of all the past films featuring the actor / actress in it, the credit for success ought to go to the film makers! All this PR around the 'stardom' of these actors is silly & needs to be called out. They're fantastic actors & even better people I'm sure, but their face on a film's poster DOES NOT draw an opening & I hope they & the makers of their forthcoming films choose to be rational when it comes to deciding their remuneration going ahead. THAT would be the factor which will draw the P&L statement of their upcoming films & eventually, the longevity of their careers. Hoping & praying that sanity prevails! #FoodForThought #Films #Cinema