Journalism of Courage
Actor Alia Bhatt was in conversation with Executive Director of The Indian Express, Anant Goenka, and The Indian Express’ film critic Shubhra Gupta during the Express Adda. She is currently looking forward to the release of her Netflix feature Darlings, under her production banner Eternal Sunshine. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Talking about the box office competition between the Hindi cinema and the regional cinema, Alia said that this has been a tough year for Indian cinema overall. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
"A good film will always do well," Alia said while talking about the content that works at the box office. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Alia Bhatt said that there is a lot of reassessment happening on the business side of the movies. "Nobody is just sitting, eating popcorn and saying, ‘Jo hona hai hone do’. Everybody cares." (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Alia said that stars' salaries should be balanced out against the budget of the film. "I agree that stars’ salaries should be balanced out against the budget of the film," she said. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Alia said that there is more to life than just being book smart. "That (bookish) intelligence is something, that is the part of the layer but actually to survive in a world, you have to have a certain emotional intelligence, which is possibly the highest form of intelligence," she said. "They might think that ‘ok she is dumb’ but I am still part of the movies, so I must be doing something possibly right within the movie business," she added. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Alia is co-producing Darlings with Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Productions. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
