Rohit Shetty On Hollywood VS Bollywood Action Spectacles: We Lack Budget Not Vision
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
It's
not
lack
of
vision
but
budget
that's
preventing
Indian
filmmakers
from
creating
big
action
spectacles
like
Hollywood,
says
director
Rohit
Shetty.
Shetty,
known
for
blockbusters
such
as
Golmaal
series
and
hit
cop
dramas
Singham
and
Simbaa,
said
today
makers
have
started
hiring
Hollywood
crew
to
match
the
scale.
"We
just
lack
in
budgets.
It
is
not
that
we
can't
shoot
the
same
kind
of
sequence,
it
is
just
about
spending
money.
We
don't
have
that
kind
of
budgets," Rohit
told
the
media
agency.
"As
it
is,
nowadays
if
you
see
some
films,
they
are
at
par
with
Hollywood
action
movies
because
they
(the
crew)
come
and
work
here,"
he
added.
In
India,
Shetty
is
the
face
for
the
upcoming
Hollywood
cop-action
comedy
Bad
Boys
for
Life,
starring
Will
Smith
and
Martin
Lawrence.
The
director
said
he
has
been
a
fan
of
the
franchise
and
wondered
why
the
third
instalment
took
so
much
time.
"I
think
they
took
a
lot
of
time
to
make
the
third
part.
I
used
to
always
think
why
they
aren't
doing
it
because
the
first
two
films
were
crazy.
It
is
a
big
franchise,
like
the
others
which
is
doing
so
well
in
our
country."
According
to
Shetty,
the
chemistry
between
Smith
and
Lawrence
has
kept
the
franchise
relevant
over
the
years.
"The
chemistry
between
these
two
guys
is
never
going
to
die,
it
just
changes
with
time.
Chemistry
is
the
most
important
thing
which
is
working
and
keeping
it
relevant
even
today."
Every
time
a
big
Hollywood
film
is
up
for
release,
there
are
talks
in
the
trade
about
how
they
will
eat
up
the
business
of
Indian
films.
However,
the
filmmaker
doesn't
see
any
merit
in
the
argument.
"People
say
they
are
going
to
eat
our
business,
where
is
our
business?
If
you
see
our
ratio,
we
release
around
260
films
a
year,
maximum
20
films
do
well.
We
don't
need
to
worry
that
they
are
eating
our
business.
We
need
to
grow
our
business
and
think
about
that."
Bad
Boys
For
Life,
directed
by
Adil
El
Arbi
and
Bilall
Fallah,
is
set
to
be
released
on
Friday.