Vidhu Vinod Chopra speaks out his mind
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
February
21,
2007
It's
a
normal
practice
for
producers
to
visit
movieplexes
to
gauge
audience
feedback
once
their
film
releases.
But
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra
cuts
himself
off
from
outside
world
the
moment
his
film
hits
the
marquee.
The
producer
of
Munnabhai
M.B.B.S..,
Parineeta,
Lage
Raho
Munnabhai
and
now
Eklavya
-
The
Royal
Guard
hasn't
visited
a
theatre
since
Parinda.
And
there's
a
story
behind
it!
Soon after the release of Parinda, Vidhu made a trip to Alankar cinema in Mumbai, where the film was being screened. He met a young boy outside the theatre and casually asked him how he liked the film. To his utter shock, the youngster, who was unaware that the person he was talking to was the maker of Parinda himself, started abusing Chopra, going to the extent of telling him "picture bakwas hain, galti se bhi theatre mein mat jaana."
"I was so heartbroken that day," Vidhu recalls the incident, "I decided against visiting a theatre to gauge audience feedback from that Friday onwards. See, my job ends when I make a film. If the verdict is positive, it's fine. If not, even that's fine." Vidhu hasn't visited a single theatre/multiplex yet for Eklavya - The Royal Guard as well. "I have been relaxing, visiting the spa, taking my family out... I don't read newspapers, don't carry a cellphone, my office is soundproof, I live in my ivory tower,"
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