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Shark Tank India’s Anupam Mittal said that he lost interest in Bollywood movies in the 90s and then again some years later, when the industry slipped into producing generic content for a ‘naive’ audience. He cited the example of films by Karan Johar and Sooraj Barjatya as presenting an unreal depiction of marriages and family life on the big screen, and also slammed ‘regressive’ films such as Tere Naam and Darr for glorifying toxic behaviour.
While chatting with Anupama Chopra on the All About Movies podcast, Anupam spoke about trends in Bollywood filmmaking that he doesn’t appreciate. When he was asked for his opinion on the idea of romance projected by Bollywood films, especially the hit Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, he said, “It’s quite regressive, in many ways. What is love, what is marriage? If you look at weddings, right from the time of the Barjatya films or the Karan Johar type of films, the big fat Indian wedding has become such a thing. People get married for the wedding ceremony, not because they want to uphold the traditions of a marriage… They are so focused on that event. Bollywood has given us a convoluted idea of marriage.”
He continued, “We are naive, we are gullible. We believe what we are shown… There was this Salman film in which he’s obsessed with a girl, and Shah Rukh did that film, the one with k-k-Kiran. These are not healthy behaviours, ke koi dekhe usko maar do, apne aap ko kaato, kood jao. These are regressive, negative behaviours. And to some extent, our audience is naive and restricted. We fall for it, because we are looking for an escape from the drudgery of our lives.”
Thankfully, he said, things are changing in Bollywood, and more realistic cinema is becoming popular. Anupam is the founder of the matchmaking site Shaadi.com. He became a household name after appearing as one of the ‘sharks’ on the reality show Shark Tank India.
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