<p>Bollywood is more interested in box office performance rather than the content of films, filmmaker Karan Johar said, adding that the industry should work on the aspect of writing.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“There is always a debate on the content being great down in south India, and that is because they are more disciplined and single-minded. I feel we here (in Bollywood) chase box office numbers, depend on movie stars than content. I think Hindi cinema should work on writing...We have inadequate writers, we need to empower them,” <br />Johar said.<br /><br />Johar was speaking to reporters at the trailer launch of noted director S S Rajamouli’s magnum opus Bahubali –The Beginning which he is presenting in Hindi.<br /><br />“Success of films like Piku, Tanu Weds Manu Returns show that good films work. I don’t produce films thinking they are commercial, parallel...I produce films as an audience. The film has to make me happy, sad, laugh, cry,” Johar said.<br /><br />The filmmaker said he is a huge fan of Rajamouli’s work and happy to attach <br />his name to the noted south director’s film.<br /><br />“I have learnt from him that I should stop judging reality shows and focus on making films,” Johar said in a lighter vein.<br /><br />“We don’t have a filmmaker like him (Rajamouli) here (in Bollywood) who can make films on such a huge canvas...putting three-four years of his life into a project,” he said.<br />Johar said he loves the emotional drama that Rajamouli integrates with updated technology in his films.<br /><br />“I have loved his films Magadheera, Eega. He puts emotions rightly in his films, adds updated technology and makes films on scale. It reminds me of Mughal-e-Azam,” he added.<br /><br />Staring Rana Dagubatti, Prantas, Anushka Shetty and Tamaannah Bhatia, Bahubali is slated for release on July 10.<br /></p>
<p>Bollywood is more interested in box office performance rather than the content of films, filmmaker Karan Johar said, adding that the industry should work on the aspect of writing.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“There is always a debate on the content being great down in south India, and that is because they are more disciplined and single-minded. I feel we here (in Bollywood) chase box office numbers, depend on movie stars than content. I think Hindi cinema should work on writing...We have inadequate writers, we need to empower them,” <br />Johar said.<br /><br />Johar was speaking to reporters at the trailer launch of noted director S S Rajamouli’s magnum opus Bahubali –The Beginning which he is presenting in Hindi.<br /><br />“Success of films like Piku, Tanu Weds Manu Returns show that good films work. I don’t produce films thinking they are commercial, parallel...I produce films as an audience. The film has to make me happy, sad, laugh, cry,” Johar said.<br /><br />The filmmaker said he is a huge fan of Rajamouli’s work and happy to attach <br />his name to the noted south director’s film.<br /><br />“I have learnt from him that I should stop judging reality shows and focus on making films,” Johar said in a lighter vein.<br /><br />“We don’t have a filmmaker like him (Rajamouli) here (in Bollywood) who can make films on such a huge canvas...putting three-four years of his life into a project,” he said.<br />Johar said he loves the emotional drama that Rajamouli integrates with updated technology in his films.<br /><br />“I have loved his films Magadheera, Eega. He puts emotions rightly in his films, adds updated technology and makes films on scale. It reminds me of Mughal-e-Azam,” he added.<br /><br />Staring Rana Dagubatti, Prantas, Anushka Shetty and Tamaannah Bhatia, Bahubali is slated for release on July 10.<br /></p>
