Hansal was responding to a tweeter who pointed out the discrepancy between box office numbers published by a director and trade expert. The user stated that even trade experts can occasionally get the numbers wrong and that a producer may occasionally give inflated box office figures. In response, Hansal composed, “The box office of a movie is nobody’s business, to put it simply. Just the characters in the movie are impacted in a variety of basically transactional and ultimately private ways.
He continued, “Stop assessing movies based on box office performance. Sometimes, bad movies gross a lot of money, while good movies gross less. Instead of concentrating on the movie itself, concentrate on your audience experience.” Take note of the collections. Not whether the cost of the movie star should rise or fall, but whether the movie was worth your ticket price or not.”
He responded to a tweet that stated that movies are made to earn money by asking, “Do you watch movies to make money??? So what’s the connection between that and your movie business? (Watch movies to make money? What do you have to do with the movie industry, then?
Hansal Mehta is renowned for helming films with a strong message, such as Shahid, Omerta, Aligarh, and most recently, Faraaz. The action thriller is Jahaan Kapoor’s feature film debut and is based on the 2016 terrorist attack at a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
At the press conference for the movie in January, Hansal had noted that it was somewhat unsettling to measure a movie’s success only on its box office performance. In his own words, “There should be an organic growth of the picture,” he remarked, “but the box office has become the barometer of success or quality of a film, something that frustrates artists like myself. Every movie has viewers, and you have to take it all in. must exchange and get. According to him, “Not every movie can be a blockbuster on Friday and Saturday.”