In an interview, Paresh Rawal said, “Maze ki baat hai stars star nahi rahe” and welcomed the Divyendu, Pankaj Tripathi, and Vikrant Massey era
There’s a golden period in Hindi cinema, says actor Paresh Rawal, because audience and production behaviour has changed. As a result of viewers demanding more from the people they used to idolize, star-driven films are no longer working.
According to the actor, stardom now belongs to actors who can perform. It’s also good that there are foreign studios in India because it’s stopped producers from stealing international ‘garbage’.
It’s a golden age for Hindi cinema, he said. We’re already in a golden age with writers, directors, and actors. There’s been a change in producers’ mindsets. Culture has changed. Finance has changed. Because of OTT, the audience is evolving too. The audience will well receive good material in theatres and on OTT. “If it’s not good, we’ll throw it away.”
Even stars will have to act now; they’ll have to play characters. It’s not okay to do the same thing. The audience has slowly realized what they’ve been served isn’t good. The woh star doesn’t exist. Maze ki Baat hai. Divyendu’s a star, Pankaj Tripathi’s a star, Vikrant Massey’s a star, and all the actors in Jamtara are stars. Like before, fame won’t last forever. They’ll stay stars if they’re doing good work.”
The actor added, “Earlier, people stole foreign scripts. You’ll get a notice from their lawyers now that they’ve opened up here. That door is closed. Out of helplessness comes virtue. They’re starting to write original scripts now. We were so stupid, we have such rich material in our own country, and we were stealing their garbage.”
Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan have all had back-to-back flops in the last few years. This year alone, Akshay Kumar has starred in four bombs.
