Filmmaker Abhishek Sharma stepped into the directorial hat for his debut Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden. Since then he directed many films and his latest outing was Akshay Kumar starrer Ram Setu. The filmmaker recently questioned the originality of Bollywood. He asserted that it cannot be original as the term Bollywood is derived from Hollywood.
Abhishek Sharma attended a session titled In-Conversation session on ‘Corporate Culture in Film industry’ at the ongoing International Film Festival of India in Goa. At the event, he spoke of the difference that corporates have brought to the film industry. Filmmakers Anees Bazmee and Vikas Bahl, and Uunchai producer Mahaveer Jain were also present for the session at IFFI 2022.
He said, “Corporatisation is the best thing that happened to the industry because at least cheques are getting encashed now. Pehle kaha se paisa ata tha aur kaise ata hai (The kind of money that came in films and how it came)….we know. That change is good. Corporatisation has helped cleanse the money being invested in films.”
He also addressed changes that came in Bollywood after Anil Ambani’s Reliance came on board. “It was the first time, in early 2006, that we offered double-digit crores to a star, and today, we talk about whether stars should cut down on their fees,” said Abhishek.
He further added, “Bollywood must be some journalist’s joke that remained. If the name is a mimicry of something else, how can you expect them to be original? The suits are here to pay up but are you ready to be creative enough? Are we truly an organic industry? We need to introspect. We need to come together keeping aside personal profit and loss and think about the industry as a whole”
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