Jubilee director Vikramaditya Motwane at THFF: Not every film can be a Jawan or a Pathaan with Shah Rukh Khan
Hindustan TimesWith box-office collections taking precedence over all other aspects of filmmaking including content, filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, talking to us on the sidelines of the recently concluded Himalayan Film Festival, hopes that more movies reach the milestone figures, instead of just a handful. Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane attended the second edition of The Himalayan Film Festival in Leh That being said, the Lootera, Udaan and AK Vs AK director asserts that not every film has the potential to generate same hype and buzz or do similar business. It’s a moment in time with SRK, and those films that’s happening.” The 46-year-old also lauds the fact that all three highest grossers this year -- Jawan, Pathaan and Gadar 2 knew their target audience well, and that’s why they succeeded. We thought we had lost the audience but we haven’t,” Motwani continues, “The fact that Jawan, Pathaan and Gadar 2 are doing really well in the single screen market, and breaking those crazy numbers, the fact that a Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani goes out and kills the multiplex market, and the fact that a Drishyam works and an Oppenheimer also works, are great signs of the fact that if you make a spectacle for an audience that’s going to be excited, they will come and watch it on the big screen.” Meanwhile, Motwane, whose show Jubilee was screened at THFF, says he feels extremely happy and exited when he gets to visit different film festivals.