Are Hindi films on the verge of decline? Director Sanjay Gupta explains

The director considered the reasons that might be behind the decrease in theater attendance.

By Sneha Sengupta On Sep 16, 2024

Sanjay Gupta has discussed the current state of Bollywood films’ poor box office performance. Sanjay stated in an interview with India Today that one of the possible reasons most Hindi films aren’t doing well at the box office is a dearth of talented film directors.

Theatres today are empty

Sanjay stated, “There are multiple factors that contribute to these numbers. Simply put, one goes to watch a movie in a theatre to experience something that’s larger than life which teleports them into another world. Today, to reach anywhere in a city like Mumbai or anywhere else in India, there’s traffic, construction work and what not going on. If one is dealing with all of this and going to a cinema hall with their friends and family, they really want to enjoy this movie-watching experience after taking so much effort to get to the theatre in the first place.”

He added, “After all of this, if they are presented with something that’s not good, then the number of people going to cinema halls is certainly going to decrease. Also, theatres today are empty because there are not many good filmmakers out there bringing out new and great content like old times.”

Sanjay Gupta’s filmography

Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994) marked Sanjay’s directorial debut. Atul Agnihotri, Karisma Kapoor, Aditya Pancholi, Sanjay Dutt, and Raveena Tandon played the key parts in the film. In addition, he directed movies including Mumbai Saga (2021), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), Jazbaa (2015), Kaabil (2017), Zinda (2006), Kaante (2002), and Shootout at Wadala (2013).

Sanjay Gupta’s recent work

Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Priya Bapat, Krystle D’Souza, Sheeba Chaddha, Seema Biswas, Ayaz Khan, and other important actors starred in Sanjay’s most recent action thriller, Visfot, streaming on JioCinema. The movie is an official rendition of the Rock, Paper, Scissors Venezuelan film.