Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar, reflecting on the crisis that the film industry is facing, is of the opinion that ‘herd mentality’ is plaguing Bollywood.
The filmmaker told Bollywood Hungama that everyone wants to emulate others and that’s what is leading to their downfall.
“I think it is everybody grappling to do what others are doing. We see Pushpa running and catering so strongly to the tier-2 and tier-3 audiences, suddenly, we will see 20 others wanting to do the same. You see Chhaava working, everybody would want to make historicals. Stree and everybody wants to make horror comedies. Those worked because they were individually strong, and there was no other option in that genre. It was a unique thought that made those films work,” Karan said.
“We all need to have individual thoughts that are unique to ourselves. Someone asked me the other day, ‘Do you have a universe?’ I was like, ‘As in?’ They were like, ‘A spy universe or a cop universe.’ I was like, ‘My universe is cinema itself.’ I am not here to build universes, I am here to tell stories. In that story if there’s a universe, then why not?” he remarked.
Karan was recently at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of ‘Homebound’, which stars Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor.
Backed by Dharma Productions, the film is directed by Neeraj Ghaywan.
