Actor Paresh Rawal spoke about the current phase of the cinema which he claimed to be the golden era post witnessing the modifications in the production and audience choices. He mentioned that nowadays people are expecting more from the actors and prefer not to idealize them at the pedestal.
While speaking to Neelesh Misra, in The Slow Interview series segment, he said, “I believe that Hindi cinema is entering a golden period. We’ve already entered a golden period, the kind of writers, directors, acting talent we have. Producers’ mindsets have changed. The culture has changed. The structure of financing has changed. And because of OTT, the audience is evolving as well. The audience will lap up good material in theatres and on OTT both. If it isn’t good, it’ll be thrown away.”
He further adds, “Now, even stars will have to act, they will have to play characters. They can’t get away with doing the same mannerisms. Slowly, over time, the audience has realised that what it has been served is subpar. Maze ki baat hai jo star the woh star nahi rahe. Divyendu is a star, Pankaj Tripathi is a star, Vikrant Massey is a star, the actors in Jamtara are stars. Stardom now will not stay forever, like it used to. People will remain stars as long as they’re doing good work.”
The veteran actor went on to say, “Earlier, people used to steal foreign scripts. Now, their offices have opened up here, their lawyers will slap you with a notice. That door has been closed. Virtue out of helplessness. Now, they’re starting to write original scripts. We were so stupid, we have such rich material in our own country, and we were stealing their garbage.”
