Bollywood director Karan Johar said the if Hindi film industry had made a film like KGF: Chapter 2, the creators would have been lynched. He was speaking about the recent remarkable success of South Indian films in the north of India.
Bollywood has been going through a rough patch this year, and only three Hindi films have succeeded at the box office.
KJo told Film Companion that films like KGF: Chapter 2 and RRR have a clarity of vision that Bollywood films lack. He added that Hindi films are trying to be too many things at once. KGF has made over Rs 400 crore in north India alone.
The Kuch Kuch Hota Hai director complained that he read the reviews of Prashant Neel's gangster saga and thought: "the movie would not have been accepted if it was made by a Bollywood house". "We were not given any kind of leeway".
He added that Bollywood is now trying to be somebody else and are all over the place. "We have to stop living in a dual existence".
Karan Johar is now working on his first movie since 2016, titled Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh. He is planning on directing more films in the next decade of his life. Dharma Productions is gearing up for the release of Jugjugg Jeeyo, starring Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor.