Vivek Agnihotri calls Bollywood ‘blind, deaf’ for not studying from Kantara, TKF | Bollywood

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has come down closely on Bollywood for ‘not learning’ from the success of unheralded movies like his directorial The Kashmir Files and the Kannada movie Kantara. The yr 2022 has seen a number of massive funds movies take a dive on the field workplace whereas smaller movies, lots of them from down south, have carried out properly. Vivek requested Bollywood to ‘understand simple maths’. Also learn: Kantara surpasses KGF 1 to be second highest-grossing Kannada movie of all time

Giving a reference of the 2 movies talked about above in addition to Telugu movie Karthikeya 2 and R Madhavan’s Tamil-Hindi bilingual Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Vivek wrote, “4 small films with no stars, no marketing or distribution support – #TheKashmirFiles, #Kartikeya2, #Kantara & #Rocketry earned approx 800 Cr at BO. Total cost of production of 4 films under 75 cr. Is Bollywood blind, deaf & dumb that they don’t understand simple Maths and learn?”

Reacting to Vivek’s tweet, many viewers stated that Bollywood was unable to unlearn outdated habits. “Unlearning is a difficult and time consuming process,” wrote one. Many others differed from Vivek’s assertion and stated that Rocketry did have a star in Madhavan. One person tweeted, “saying Rocketry didnt had star is false…Madhavan is a huge star down south and the Tamil and Hindi version had Suriya and SRK as guest appearances.”

The Kashmir Files, Vivek’s movie, was made on a reported funds of round ₹15 crore. The movie was a sleeper hit because it grew by phrase of mouth and ended up grossing ₹341 crore worldwide. Similarly, Karthikeya 2, starring Nikhil Siddhartha, was made on the same funds and ended up grossing ₹120 crore globally. Rocketry made ₹50 crore on a reported ₹25-crore funds. Rishab Shetty’s Kantara continues to be working in theatres. The small movie has grossed over ₹250 crore and is the third-highest-grossing Kannada movie of all time.

The Kashmir Files, and Kantara outperformed massive funds movies like Laal Singh Chaddha, Vikram Vedha, Radhe Shyam, and Samrat Prithviraj, all of which had massive stars and budgets of over ₹100 crore every.