Farah Khan Talks About The Value Of Commercial Films: My Father Was A Producer And He Died Penniless
Farah Khan is an unapologetic commercial cinema filmmaker. She feels there is a need for commercial films in the industry because the business aspect of cinema is as important as the art aspect.
Farah
Khan
is
known
for
having
directed
some
of
the
most
successful
commercial
cinema
in
Bollywood.
Right
from
her
directorial
debut
of
Om
Shanti
Om,
to
her
most
recent
film,
Happy
New
Year,
Farah
stands
for
mainstream
Bollywood,
and
is
proud
of
it.
Farah
has
her
own
reasons
why
she
aims
at
commercial
cinema,
and
she
recently
opened
up
about
it.
Farah
feels
there
is
a
need
for
commercial
films
in
the
industry
because
the
business
aspect
of
cinema
is
as
important
as
the
art
aspect.
She
feels
very
responsible
for
her
film
bringing
business
to
everyone
involved
with
it.
Speaking
at
the
Big
Cine
Expo
2019,
Farah
said,
"I
would
rather
have
exhibitors
and
theatre
owners
give
me
an
award
saying
my
movies
are
making
money
for
everybody.
I
think
for
me,
that
is
important
as
a
filmmaker.
My
father
was
a
producer
and
he
died
penniless
because
his
movies
flopped.
So,
I
always
feel
it's
my
responsibility
as
a
filmmaker
(to
ensure)
everyone
makes
money
when
my
movie
is
released
--
be
it
the
samosawaala
or
theatres
owners."
"I
am
grateful
to
Big
Cine
Expo
for
felicitating
me
because
this
is
the
first
time
any
filmmaker
is
being
felicitated
for
contribution
towards
business
of
filmmaking,
which
I
think
is
very
important.
Now,
everybody
is
running
around
wanting
critical
acclaim
but
exhibitors
and
distributors
are
crying,
and
the
theatres
are
empty," she
added.
Arguing
that
masala
films
have
just
as
much
content
as
any
other
kind
of
film,
she
said,
"You
can't
say
that
entertaining
films
don't
have
content.
Rohit
(Shetty)
makes
movies
that
are
completely
enjoyable.
They
have
a
social
message
and
they
are
not
vulgar,
and
same
goes
with
me.
It's
just
that
we
like
to
make
larger-than-life
films,
which
is
a
diminishing
trend
at
the
moment."
Farah
will
be
collaborating
with
Rohit
Shetty
for
the
remake
of
1982
Amitabh
Bachchan-starrer,
Satta
Pe
Satta.
Many
are
eager
to
know
who
will
be
cast
in
the
remake
of
this
iconic
movie.
There
are
reports
doing
rounds
that
Hrithik
Roshan
will
be
the
main
lead
in
the
film.