July 14, 2017
Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia feels that
creating censorship controversies have become a part of marketing
strategy.
"Now people are spending less money on marketing as they create some
controversy with most of the films and the films benefit from it,"
Dhulia told the media here on Thursday while promoting his forthcoming
movie "Raagdesh".
"But I feel censorship is also necessary in India as there are many
communities and religions unlike other countries. So we should have
certain kind of censorship but authorities should also decide some
parameter of censorship.
"It shouldn't be influenced by political ideologies. And some times I
have noticed some big filmmakers and production houses are able to get
U/A certificates despite questionable content in their film. I feel
this biased attitude shouldn't be there," he added.
The National Award winner also talked about the current generation of
directors.
"The current generation who came from outside Mumbai like me, Anurag
Basu, Anurag Kashyap, Sujoy Ghosh, Dibakar Banerjee, Shoojit Sircar,
Imtiaz Ali, Sriram Raghavan... they are doing really good work. They
have fresh and unique way of storytelling which reflects in their
films," he said.
There are reports that superstar Salman Khan will compensate for the
losses suffered by the distributors for his Eid release "Tubelight".
Dhulia said: "It's really nice of Salman Khan. Earlier, these things
used to happen but unfortunately in the middle period... people have
forgotten those ethics."
Dhulia commented on the entry of corporates into film and content
producing business.
"Earlier, when corporates wasn't there in films, our films' success
ratio was better. Each year we release around 250 films and out of that
only two-three are big hits and five-six are moderately successful. No
one knows the fate of remaining films.
"Positive things are happening after the entry of corporates. It is
supporting different kinds of films, especially small budget movies
which are high on content and new technicians are getting work.
"They are able to nurture the talent in the industry."